Good thoughts needed

[sportsmom]

I got a call from my SIL earlier. My youngest bro was in Atlanta on business and had a heart attack. As of right now he's stable, but he's in Atlanta alone. My SIL is in WI, I'm in IN, our mom and older bro are in VA, and the rest of our family are in NC and NY.

He's in Piedmont Hospital, which seems to be a good place for cardiac care, but I still hate the thought of him being alone until someone can get to him. To top it off, his son is currently in Iraq and my niece, nephew's wife, had to tell him when he was supposed to call her this evening.

Good thoughts are needed here. TIA

[Rine]

I'm hoping for the best and I hope he has a swift recovery. Sending good thoughts.

[Ree]

Offering good thoughts.
:hug:

I hope all is well.

[sportsmom]

Thanks guys. I just talked to my mom. Bro had a stent put in last night and should be out of the hospital in about 4 days according to his cardiologist. SIL and her mom are flying down this morning to be with him. I'm going to try to call the hospital later today to check on him.

Man, when he told me he was going I was joking around and told him to bring me something back (I'm a huge Braves fan), I didn't mean for him to bring a stent back with him.

Hopefully this will be the kick in the butt both my bros need to quit smoking and start taking care of themselves. I had to call and tell oldest last night because I couldn't get Mom on the phone and he was really upset.

Thanks again.

[sportsmom]

Well, things got interesting yesterday...Sorry guys this is going to get long and a little venty.

BG- My SIL is a nitwit and has never come out from under her mother's thumb at the age of 40. She has no bio children of her own, but tries to me a mother to my niece and nephew who are both in their 20's and has caused much drama with nephew's wife whom my mother and I both adore. In fact, NW came to my mother's 70th birthday party in January when Bro and SIL couldn't be bothered.

Here's the story so far-

SIL and her mom flew down to Atlanta from Green Bay on Wednesday and didn't bother to call my mother to update her on her son.

Yesterday morning, Mom and I are calling the hospital and SIL's cell trying to get info, but getting a hold of the ICU is like herding cats, and SIL isn't answering her cell. Mom is starting to think it might be best if she goes down to Atlanta herself.

SIL finally calls Mom yesterday afternoon and Mom has to ask her 3 times before SIL finally answers a question about my bro. She was more interested in telling Mom about the flight and taking the shuttle to the hotel and every other thing under the sun. Once Mom finally gets an answer, what SIL says doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Turns out bro is still in ICU. He's doing Ok, but they have inserted a balloon into his heart to ease some of the pressure and allow it to "rest." Mom says "I left 3 voice mails, are they not going through?" SIL, in the worst move she has ever made, says to my mother, whom you do not piss off if you want to retain use of all your appendages, "Yeah, I heard them."

After Mom got off the phone with SIL she calls me and all I hear is "I'm driving to L's tonight and then on to Atlanta in the morning." Mom called me last night after she got to Aunt L's house, and now L is going with her. My SIL has no idea what she is in for. My mother and her sister are about to descend upon them and launch my SIL into a whole level of hell she has never been in. It is all her own fault and she has no idea its coming. All she had to do was pick up a phone and tell my mother what was going on with her son. Its not as if she was spending every waking moment with bro, in ICU you can only go to visit for a limited amount of time every so often. Yeah, SIL complained about that, too.

BTW, is it wrong that I told my aunt to take a camera because I want to see the look on my SIL's face when my mother comes walking through the door? I also said to make sure it had video because my mother will lose it on either SIL or her mother when they either try to tell nurses how to do their jobs or try to keep her away from my bro or his docs.

This is going to be an interesting weekend. I just hope bro really is OK, and SIL isn't just hearing what she wants to hear. The doc could say "We'll be sending him home on Monday because there isn't anything we can do" and SIL is one of those lovely people who will hear "We're going to send him home on Monday because he's going to be perfectly healthy and can run a marathon in two weeks."

I should hear from my mom tonight, she said she would call me when they got to their hotel. Keep the good thoughts coming please.