Have a Coke and a smile...

These last few days have been good.  His report from the cardiologist really could not have been better.  We love our cardiologist...and his staff.  They are top notch and impressive.
Today we went to get the oil changed, eat lunch and stop by Wal-Mart for plants.  The oil change allowed us to walk to our lunch date where we got to talk about this whole experience.

This is what you do when you need to get out of the house...you exercise your muscles pulling bottles of pop trying to look for people's names that you know!

I still can't believe all that has happened.  It seems like the heart attack was a year ago.  Today marks exactly 4 weeks.  I was telling Lynn that those first days are a blur really.  So many things had to fall into place.  My faith tells me that those things...that all of this he has had a hand in.  There is no other explanation for it.  Yes, we are smart people and we have made good choices and decisions....but the things out of our control, that we have not had a hand in, have been huge.  The fact that we went to the hospital that is one of the best in cardiac care AND the fact that our cardiologist helped DEVELOP the drug for DIABETIC HEART PATIENTS happens to be the one on call that day is no accident.  We have also been told the surgeon is one of the best as the nurse asked to see the scar yesterday and she could tell without a doubt who had done the surgery!
One of the things pastor said in his sermon on Sunday was that encouragement doesn't just come in words...it also comes in actions.
I shared that the encouragement we have received in words has been so appreciated....and the encouragement we have received through actions has blown us away.  People haven't asked...they have just done.  That has been more encouraging to me than anything.  It's how I intend to encourage others for sure now....knowing that words are fantastic, but if I really want to make a huge difference I need to view encouragement as a verb.
As Lynn returns to work I am happy and excited that he GETS to opportunity to go back.  I know other people with heart attacks don't always get that choice.  I am so grateful he does.  He loves his job.  He loves the people he works with.
He knows that he is getting another chance.
As I sat today and talked with him at lunch he said I want to be the best husband and best dad that I can be....and I told him that I was proud of him...because I am proud of him.
I have always admired his work ethic because mine is much the same.  Do it until it's right no matter the sacrifice that has to be made.  Now...I'm not so sure that is the way we intend to live our lives.  The sacrifice of family is too big.  We will continue to be great and do great things...just not at the expense of our health.  There is a balance that has to be found and we will find it, it will just have to be adjusted.
Cardiac rehab will start at the end of May and he will be clear to drive in a few days...so watch out!