On July 6th my Dad underwent surgery on his kidney to remove a growth that turned out to be cancer (they were 85% sure before surgery), the surgery went well but while he was in recovery he suffered a heart attack and actually DIED in the recovery room for a few seconds. They did CPR and used the paddles to shock him back to life. It was very scary to hear them call a code blue and know it's for your dad. Turns out he has a bunch of blockages and has had a heart attack before but it was a silent (painless) heart attack. This one was too but since he was hooked up to all the machines they knew what was going on. He's still sore from the CPR and said that he remembers being shocked and that those paddles kick your ass! Now he will have to have heart surgery some time in the near future but he's home now and has been since last Wednesday. He still has a long road ahead but I know he will make it. One good thing that has come out of this is he's not smoking anymore! I didn't think he'd ever stop.
On July 12th we took Michael back up to OHSU to be reevaluated. The doctors were thrilled and amazed at all the progress he's made! He's now been diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder. Unfortunately I haven't researched it enough yet to even try to explain it here. It's still on the Autism Spectrum but it's a step in the right direction. We are so proud of our little man!
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