Last Friday, he had an angiogram that went well; however, the news after was about as bad at it can get. The cardiologist said that my soon-to-be-60-year-old husband's heart is failing much faster than we had expected to hear. He had a quadruple cardiac bypass 10 1/2 years ago and 3 of the bypasses have failed. In addition, his heart has enlarged to the point that his heart valve is unable to close completely. A valve replacement is too risky. He's been given a 50:50 chance that his heart will last for another year.
We have been pretty much stunned and are still absorbing the news. I've told my brothers and mother. We haven't told his mother or brother. I need to let him do that when and if he is ready.
Since it looks like we don't have a lot of time, I'll be looking for things for us to do and/or places to go. We haven't traveled much in the 27 years we've been married. The dogs and a general lack of cash have always kept us from traveling together.
We'll be considering finally using our timeshare, maybe visiting Virginia where he went to high school for a year and spent most of his 20's, and maybe a trip to Hawaii.
The hardest thing for me to do is bring up the subject of travel or going somewhere. If we talk about it, it's real.............
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