Barry Eckhoff

My Daddy! Where do I begin? He is such an amazing person whom I love soo much! I have always been a mommy's girl, but at the same time I have also been a daddy's girl! And still to this day that rings true! My Dad has experienced alot of stress this last month. He hadn't been feeling up to far and my mom made the decision to call the doctor and make him an appointment!- Thank you mom, for taking the initiative! Come to find out my dad had a blockage in his heart. They scheduled a visit to the out patient surgery wing in the local hospital and was to go in and have the blockage cleared out! Come to find out that procedure was going to be impossible and he had three more blockages as well. Next step was triple and maybe even a quadruple bypass two days later. So Friday the 22nd my father was to undergo heart surgery.- And boy was I terrified! On Thursday, to take my mind off of it for a while, because I was super worried, we decided to meet some friends of ours for lunch at Chili's!- Thank you Robin & Dave!! Later that evening Aaron & Dave gave my dad a Priesthood blessing to help ease his mind of his nervousness and let him know he would be looked after! Good news: he came out of the surgery just as ornery as he ever was and very sedated!!! My dad was in the hospital for a few days after surgery and then was released to go home! He now is doing really well with a 15 pound weight limit and is a regular at the cardiac rehab unit!!! Go DAD or as my kiddos say PAPAP!!! WE LOVE YOU BUNCHES!!! And thanks again to my favorite mom in the world for making the appt. ( and for putting up with dad's post surgery moodiness!) WE LOVE YOU TOO GRANDMA!