I received an alarming phone call on Tuesday from my Mom. Seems my Dad has been running on only two cylinders these days. A electrical misfire where his heart is concerned. Wednesday afternoon he had a pacemaker. Thursday afternoon he was home. He has no restrictions other than not lifting his left arm over his head for a few weeks. Over the next few months, they will fine tune the pacemaker to his rhythm.

He sounded upbeat as usual and mentioned how he wanted to travel by helicopter to the hospital where he was receiving the surgery. I laughingly let him know that if he had to go that way he probably wouldn’t enjoy the trip very much. I found out yesterday that he asked anyway. He really did. And he explained the bonus feature of this wonderful new device. He’ll be able to tell if anyones microwave is malfunctioning. *giggles* True to form, my Dad the Engineer with a warped sense of humor is going to test this out for all his friends. My children are now calling him “Bionic Gran’pa”.

He’ll be 75 in a week.

I’m glad he’s still with me.

Taking a moment to savor family….