OT: Michigan Fan (my Dad) Could Use Some M Support

Submitted by markp on

My Dad (Michigan alum, lifelong fan, longtime season ticket holder, etc.) is currently undergoing double-bypass heart surgery.  I have faith everything is going smoothly, but even still he'll have a long recovery ahead and could use all the prayers and well-wishes he can get.

If you woudn't mind retweeting this, it'd be especially cool if we could get this on Coach Harbaugh's radar.  A shout-out from Coach would be a welcome distraction and an unexpected emotional lift.

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DOBlue48

February 14th, 2017 at 10:27 AM ^

Don't do the twitter thing, but as the late great Bob Ufer would say "God bless his maize & blue heart!!"

 

Good luck and a speedy recovery to your dad.

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Njia

February 14th, 2017 at 10:50 AM ^

Triple-bypass surgeries both times. The procedure has really become almost routine (as much as it can be while messing around with the "ticker"). It seems scarier than it is in reality.

The recovery time for my dad's second bypass, 17 years ago, was much, much faster and with less discomfort than the first time he had the surgery in the mid-80s. If your dad isn't a smoker or heavy drinker, the amount of vein they'll have to take from his legs will be minimal, which will only make the discomfort and recovery be that much better.

For you and your family, the time will drag by while he's in surgery. However, the thoughts and prayers of the MGoFamily will be alongside you.

Go Blue!

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Michigasling

February 14th, 2017 at 2:27 PM ^

A friend's dad recently passed away "naturally" in his mid-90s, years after his (quadruple or quintuple) bypass surgery.  He was still going to Yankee games with his sons only a couple years before, when the long trip into the Bronx and the stairs in the stadium just got too much (for the legs, not the heart).

My own dad had completely successful bypass in the early days of the surgery, after surviving two separate heart attacks, both times lucky enough to be either in the hospital (where he worked) or surrounded by other MDs at a medical convention.  Being a doctor he knew the risks, but was willing to take the risk rather than "live like an invalid."  When he eventually passed away (from something else), his heart was the strongest in the ICU, proudly pumping away. We didn't want to lose him even then, of course, but we had him years longer than without the surgery.

It is so much more routine today, and well worth the trouble. 

All the best to your dad and all of you who are there to cheer him on.

 

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Mgodiscgolfer

February 14th, 2017 at 3:15 PM ^

His pillow, I still have mine and its one gift from the nurses he will soon cherish and know it's where abouts at all times. When you have to cough and your breast plate has just been wired back together your pillow is your friend, hold it close and hold it as tight as you can. As for pain they keep you as drugged up as you want to be I remember them clipping my "Thats better"  button to my shirt and I wouldn't let anyone come near it

A couple days in intensive care till they get those bastard chest tubes out of you, then you can get the hell out of there and back to the real world. Once you get back to normal care its down hill from there. a couple more days and it's off to the races and usually about a six month recovery before you should be thinking about getting back to work but that is generally leftup to the individual.

I now am fine and forgot most of the worries I had when I first had mine done. I had a quadruple bipass and I was lucky enough to get mine done before a heart attack. I have retired to the disc golf course but I have not quit on life but it would be easy if the patient doesn't get good support from friends and family... Good luck to your Dad I am sure he will be fine once he gets used to the whole, I guess this isn't going to kill me feeling some can get. It sounds like from your blogging that he will be fine and get the family support that is vital for anyone's recovery. again good luck to you and yours. and as always Go Blue!

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L'Carpetron Do…

February 14th, 2017 at 8:22 PM ^

good luck to your dad.  My father had a triple bypass a few years ago - at the same age my grandfather had it.  Hope it goes smoothly and the recovery isn't too rough (my dad said the worst part was waking up plugged up with tubes and not being able to do anything - he also has had to eat a lot of fish since then which he was also not psyched about). 

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uminks

February 14th, 2017 at 10:57 PM ^

Bo had a quadruple bypass in '76 (then again in '87), when it was much more riskier. I have had a few friends undergo bypass surgery in the last 5 years and they were all up in rehab after a couple weeks.

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