When will it all end?

So my family has been on a roller coaster ride of life with my dad's health for almost 2 years now. The end of July 2006 they life flighted my dad to a big city hospital that specializes in cardiology. He had suffered a massive heart attack, they tried a catheterization, 5 blockages, 3 at 100%. They sent him to the cardiac floor and did emergency bypass surgery the next morning, a saturday. Triple bypass of the blocked arteries. Released, recovered, change in diet and lifestyle.

Fast forward 3 months, to October, leg pain and fatigue, change medication. Next 9 months, random trips to hospital for chest pains and general discomfort. July 07, another heart attack, heart cath, one of the bypasses collapsed, installation of a stent in bypassed artery. Oct 07, chest pains, stress test. Found a narrowing of an artery but drs 'weren't concerned' and sent him home.

That brings us to Monday. Dad gets up, goes to work, gets chest heaviness.....a new symptom he's never had before. Calls mom, drives HIMSELF...yes himself......he's still due a butt kicking for that.... to the ER where they do bloodwork and run an ekg, admit him for observation. Bloodwork and EKG are fine, do second round of both. Leave us hanging til Tuesday. Tuesday drs decide they don't like the new added symptom, going to do a catheterization to check out the problem. Takes us to this morning, they are supposed to transfer from local hospital to city hospital using a transfer company at 11 a.m. ... We stop at local hospital, leave at 10:30 to head down here and get into parking garage and such to meet him when he gets here....12:30 he was just getting loaded in ambulance, not of the transfer company issue. He gets here about 1:20, we've now been sitting in waiting room waiting, call to ask, they let us go back and see him. Procedure scheduled for 2, 3:15 comes and here comes the dr. 100% blockage in a before uneffected artery. Put a large stent in and opened it up.

WHEN IS THIS GONNA END?!?!?!?!? They said his cholestorol is excellent, he's taking plavix to keep blockages from occuring. Whats the deal?


Sorry, just ranting a bit, I found a wireless network here at the hospital, and am passing time til they tell us what room he's in.