We got a call last night from my mom to say that Uncle Elliott suffered a heart attack on Monday in Macrorie. He was with Lorne and Sean shingling a roof and said that he didn't feel well. The boys managed to get him down a ladder and took him back to the farm. Maxine came home and took him to the Outlook hospital, and from there a doctor went with him in an ambulance to the Saskatoon Royal Hospital. The doctors performed an angioplasty and said that he probably needs another one, but do to the fact that the nurses are on strike, only emergency surgery is going on. Well if this isn't an emergency then what is!! I find it so ironic that this Uncle who never smoked, drank and was physically fit could fall to such an ailment. We all wish him a speedy recovery.
Life can throw a real curve at people - some say that it comes in three's so we have had our share. Between Uncle Eliott and his heart attack; Uncle Dana going through his bought of surgery and cancer treatments to follow; but one of the most trying is that my Grandma, who suffers from Alzheimers took a second fall and needed surgery for her broken wrist. My mom and dad are in Edmonton helping to care for her at the home. They have reported that when you look into her eyes, they are blank. She can no longer remember people in the family pictures and no longer wishes to engage in a conversation. Very heart breaking disease with many different reactions - as Brian's mom (Jean) was a very volitile patient with the same disease and suffered for more than 10 years. So for me, if Grandma is silent and quiet, then I feel better then thinking about how Jean suffered with the demons of Alzheimers. No matter what we can all remember Grandma as a much loving women with so many happy memories. But most of all we will still love her for the lady that she is. I love you Grandma.
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