My Father

My father has been a widow for six years now. He lives alone, save for three dogs and two cats.

Yesterday he underwent an angiogram because he'd failed a heart stress test a few days before.

So my older brother, myself and my younger sister sat in a waiting room....waiting.

8 years ago he underwent the same procedure and never got up off the table. He was rushed into emergency cardiac surgery and had a triple bypass procedure. I could tell he was frightened that they were going to have to open him up again. I kept telling him he was going to be fine.

And he was.

Nothing at all wrong with his heart, the heart surgeon said. I'm grateful for that.