We were most horrified to hear Grandpa Hilton had taken ill this past week. Having not "felt himself" and a little short of breath, he made an appointment to go see their doctor. Unfortunately he didn't make the appointments as during the wee hours of Monday night Heather rushed him to Howick Hospital with chest pains. They then transferred him down to Pmb Medi Clinic who sent him on to St Anne's Hospital. After having an angiogram done, he was wheeled in for a triple Bypass on Tuesday morning! All this a mere SEVEN weeks after my Dad's double bypass & valve replacement. So off we were down to Hilton..... Chris, Zara, Mike and I left early on Wed morning so that we could be with Heather as soon as possible. That afternoon we went to see a very weak Grandpa in ICU. Laura suggested we give Grandpa a pair of Zara's shoes as a "good luck charm". She had done that for her own Dad when Meg was a baby and he had had a stroke. So on Thursday morning when we went to the hospital armed with booties and a photo to put near his bed. The ICU Sister was very accommodating and had them stuck up on the chart trolley at the foot of the bed in no time. She also kept telling Graham that they were there.....On Friday night Laura arrived with Gareth & Meg and while she and Mike went to the hospital we stayed in with the kids playing cards etc. On Sunday we left after seeing a much stronger albeit still weak Grandpa just before he was due to be transferred out of ICU - hooray to making great progress, we now look forward to seeing both Grandpas fighting fit in no time.
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