| Current mood: | worried |
| Current music: | Hurt - Christina Aguilera |
low heart beat
I guess all those "You're getting old!" jokes have really caught up with him. But he's not old, he's only 47! He's got tons of time. However, his mother, my grandmother, died of a heart attack when she was 50! There have been continous heart problems on my dad's side of the family and he has done everything in his power to not allow it to happen to him. He does karate everyday! He works everyday! He eats extremely healthy! But, unfortunetly it's all caught up to him. He has a low heart beat... he fainted at work yesterday (Because of low blood pressure caused by the low heart beat), he was sent to the hospital in an ambulance, and he didn't tell anybody. I came home and had to ask him a million questions about why he was home before he finally told me. And worse, he didn't even tell my mom, his wife. He's embarassed. He's stubborn. He can't believe that all this effort was wasted.. but it wasn't wasted. He's not dying. He's got tons of time to fix it. He's just embarassed that it HAD to be a heart problem... out of all the problems, it had to be that. And worse, he KNOWS that if he called any of us from the hospital we would of dropped whatever we were doing to go to that hospital. He doesn't like that. He doesn't liek to be the center of attention. But I wish he could just accept it. If he had called me, I would of dropped everything I was doing to go see him. I would bus. I would take a taxi. I would get there some way. And my mom was disappointed that he didn't call. She told me this morning that he told her "because it wasn't necessary to call you". And it almost looked like she was going to cry, like she felt just a little bit useless. But I told her - that's dad. He's stubborn and most importantly, he's embarassed. I just hope it's not really seriouse. I'm sure he'll be fine. He's a tough guy.
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