Chapter 38
A week later, I entered the hospital doors for the umpteenth time, but this time to take Dad home. The medical team had given him the all-clear, and going by the return of his complaining and sarcasm, he was well on the way back to his usual self.
The doctors had concluded it was a combination of high blood pressure and high cholesterol that caused the blockage. Dad was under strict instructions to modify his diet—less pastries and more vegetables—and he would have to undergo a cardiac rehab program, including light exercise. That would be interesting. Thankfully, there didn’t seem to be any major damage to the heart despite what he’d been through.
‘Ah, finally.’ He accosted me when I entered the room with the discharge nurse. Dad was dressed and sitting on the edge of the be
