DC will still be there in a few months. For now, there's too much walking (I think, based on my experience with my grandpa) involved for him to have a good time.

Best wishes for your dad's quick recovery from the surgery and lots of healthy years ahead.

Surgery went well. Doc agrees with those here - DC will have to wait. Maybe next year.
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My Dad has had 3 heart attacks (one at 30, one at 33, one at 44). He had quad bypass done 9 years ago in December.

The recovery is difficult at first because he has to rely on everyone for everything. He will need to sleep elevated, he will need help getting out of bed, he will need assistance walking around. He will have to do some sort of lite exercise every day.

It was a long road, but my dad really benefitted from the surgery. It was a slap in the face for him and now he is a gym rat and is eating better and quit smoking.

Good luck to your pops.

My Dad had one done in 1993 at the age of 72. He made a quick, full recovery. The heart didn't do him in, but the cancer did 9 years later.

Best of luck to your Pop's and our prayers are with you and your Dad.

Cool. Glad it went well.

Good to hear.

My Dad had quad bypass about 20 years ago, and he is now 86 fit as a fiddle.
they would have had to do a quad on me, if they hadn't progressed so far with the stints. All the best to your Dad DaFace, like others have said, he will feel better than he has for years.

We are so fortunate medicine has made the progress that it has. My Grandpa died at 71 with the same problem in 63.

1.5 years later, the wife's grandpa has to have the same next Wednesday. He's 82, which obviously makes it a little more nerve-wracking.

I suppose this is kind of what life's like as you get older. Still not a very pleasant experience, though.

Since I bumped the thread, I suppose I'll also mention that my dad's made a full recovery. In fact, we did the trip to DC this past summer, and I think he got even more out of it than he would have if we'd gone back in 2010.

Hopefully the grandpa-in-law will have the same type of experience.

Good luck man. Hope he's ok.
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Shit. Hopefully all goes well. Glad to hear Mr. DaFace Sr is well.

Best of luck to your Grandpa bud. Recovery time may be a bit longer, but he should be able to do a lot more things, once he gets better.

Good luck with the grandpa in law. A guy at work's grandpa in law is about to do the same thing. (I never get tired of that joke.)