Well.....it has been a few years now and pops went to the doc and testing showed that there could be more problems. Today, he went to the hospital for a scheduled cardiac catheter. This is when they go into an artery in your groin area and go all the way up to your heart to take a look at what is going on. Well since he did not quit drinking or smoking....there were more blockages. He was all spastic about the possibility of having to spend the night at the hospital, but his doctor said there was nothing else they could do to that artery and that no stent or angiogram was going to help. He was going to be able to go home in a couple of hours. She also said that he NEEDED to quit smoking ASAP or his other artery would become blocked as well.  

After waiting two and a half long hours, listening to my dad bitch and moan to the nurses and be quite disruptive (as to be expected), he was discharged and my mom took him home. My sis and I went back to their house to see if he would follow the strict procedures needed after this test, like: stay reclined for the rest of the day with your leg elevated, no heavy lifting, no driving for two days, and NO DRINKING OR SMOKING!

So, do you think he followed these directions, or took the advice of his doctor to stop smoking??? Take a look.