Interesting Weekend
Mar. 30th, 2009 10:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fairyruneMy Grandpa is in the hospital. He went in Thursday because he's been having shortness of breath. Mom and I found out Friday afternoon. Grandma called Dad Friday morning, Dad texted Mom, Mom texted me, and eventually called Aunt Patti. It wasn't a very serious thing, so Grandma didn't want anyone to panic. I think we've gotten her to agree that from now on when someone is going to the hospital, everyone gets notified, and we've agreed not to panic.
ANYWAY.
Turns out Grandpa's been having tachycardia for a while now. They've got him on steroids, and today they're doing an angiogram followed by a cardiac ablation. (Although if you ask Grandpa, he insists that he is having an oblation, which is pretty funny.)
The steroids made him feel MUCH better, and well...a little excitable. He got it in his head that since he was feeling better he didn't need to have the procedure. They were transferring him to the hospital with the cardiac center via ambulance this morning, and yesterday he was very insistant that he should be allowed to bring his cellphone with him. Just in case.
This is my grandpa. This is my grandpa on drugs. Any questions?
In a completely unrelated incident, it seems as though a Yellow Crowned Night Heron has taken up residence in the yard next door to my parents' house.
We're confused as to WHY he's in a suburban back yard at least a mile away from his natural habitat. I watched him hunt for a while yesterday, and he doesn't seem to be sick or injured. Thing is, from what Mom and I found on the interwebs they like to eat shellfish, and I'm fairly certain that the neighbor's yard doesn't have very many of those lying about.
That particular type of heron is a protected species in New York, so we're not really sure what, if anything, we should do about this. I suppose we'll wait and see if he hangs around for a while, then figure something out.
ANYWAY.
Turns out Grandpa's been having tachycardia for a while now. They've got him on steroids, and today they're doing an angiogram followed by a cardiac ablation. (Although if you ask Grandpa, he insists that he is having an oblation, which is pretty funny.)
The steroids made him feel MUCH better, and well...a little excitable. He got it in his head that since he was feeling better he didn't need to have the procedure. They were transferring him to the hospital with the cardiac center via ambulance this morning, and yesterday he was very insistant that he should be allowed to bring his cellphone with him. Just in case.
This is my grandpa. This is my grandpa on drugs. Any questions?
In a completely unrelated incident, it seems as though a Yellow Crowned Night Heron has taken up residence in the yard next door to my parents' house.
We're confused as to WHY he's in a suburban back yard at least a mile away from his natural habitat. I watched him hunt for a while yesterday, and he doesn't seem to be sick or injured. Thing is, from what Mom and I found on the interwebs they like to eat shellfish, and I'm fairly certain that the neighbor's yard doesn't have very many of those lying about.
That particular type of heron is a protected species in New York, so we're not really sure what, if anything, we should do about this. I suppose we'll wait and see if he hangs around for a while, then figure something out.
