Hospital Update

So for all those that are curious about Mike, my step-dad, he is doing just fine. I promised a few of you the funny story behind it all. So here goes...

About a week or so ago Mike had a little swelling in his right leg. He drives a truck, so he get's a lot of chair time. He didn't think too much of it, until is started to bother him a little more. He went into the hospital to get it checked out. They took a look at it and did some poking and prodding and asked him if any of it hurt. "Nope," he answered. They figured it wasn't a blood clot at that point and gave him some drugs to take care of the swelling and back to work he went.

For another week he was at work and it got better, then his leg started getting worse again. Back to the doctor he went. This time they figured they would do a MRI. OMFG! It's a blood clot in his leg! Stop moving! So now all of a sudden, he can't do anything for fear that the clot will break loose and lodge in his noggin (or heart or lungs or his left pinky) and cause a stroke.

Mike isn't the kind who likes to sit still for very long, unless there is a good hunting show on TV. So he's pretty cheesed off. Here he has been working for a week and now they say he can't move around.

Anyway, it's kinda funny...except for the part about the stroke. Ah... American health care. Can't live with it, can't live without it.