Remember a couple of years ago when my son’s beloved grandfather went in for routine surgery, and everything went completely wrong, and he ended up in a coma for a month?
Apparently he had a heart attack, though the damage was only just diagnosed. He has recently progressed rapidly toward congestive heart failure.
Today he goes back in for a triple bypass.
This is a man who devoted his entire professional life to tending the most vulnerable people – children unable to live in foster care due to extreme abuse or illness. He is respected and admired for his devotion to saving and rebuilding young lives, and he is one of the sweetest people you could ever meet.
I hope that the surgery goes well and he recovers quickly.