So I have completely neglected my blog for quite some time and plan on starting up again. some background of what I've been doing this month.
The first Wednesday of September I woke up and went for a walk with my mom and my two baby cousins (she babysits them everyday.) When we were only a block away from the house she dropped a bomb on me, "Daddy had a heart attack this morning." She continued to tell me that it was very minor because he called the police instantly and was at the hospital within 20 minutes. He had two stents placed into his arteries. As soon as my oldest brother (I have three younger brothers) woke up we both went over to the hospital.
My brother Frankie was fairly good about trying to make us both a little less freaked out. Cracking very light jokes about absolutely nothing in particular. But when we walked into Dad's room it got really scary. I had never seen my Dad so vulnerable before. He was laying down in the bed and was definitely drugged up and looked exhausted. Our fears were erased as soon as he started complaining about the wires attached to him and the nurse came in and let him sit up.
So once he was allowed to go home, he wasn't permitted to be alone for a week. So I moved in with him to take care of him by helping him lift things and cooking all his meals. His diet was transformed completely. He just recently moved into a newly renovated house so for about a month he hasn't had a kitchen. He only had a mini fridge and a grill so you could imagine his diet was like. So far he's lost 6 lbs since I've moved in :)
I've been making him mostly vegetables and fruit, cereal for breakfast, and chicken breast/salmon for dinner. He actually hasn't complained much about the amount of vegetables I've been forcing on him. I think he was just too lazy to eat healthy or make it himself.
So that is essentially what I have been up to for the past month. Stay tuned for upcoming posts on Bikram Yoga, What to buy for Fall 2011, and a design plan for a studio apartment.
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