Chapter 3
Ian came back into the Family Cardiac Waiting Room and saw his mother stretched out on one of the sofas. His father lay relaxed and sleeping in one of the four recliners set about for waiting family members. He had just spoken to the desk nurse and was updated on Frank’s condition. Blood work and further tests indicated a heart attack but the extent of damage wasn’t known and they were having a hard time stabilizing him. They were hopeful a heart catheterization would tell more, but the doctor was wanting to wait till morning. What wasn’t said was they’d do the cath only if he survived the night.
Flopping onto the one short sofa in the room—was it called a loveseat if it was in a waiting room?—he kicked off the dress shoes that looked so good but not made to be worn for hours o
