Why?

They found out my dad has a hole in his heart(he was probably born with it) and the blood wasn't traveling correctly. Some would travel to his brain causing a clot, which then caused the strokes. He was better and pretty much fully recovered from the large stroke he recently had. He finally could use his hand correctly and he was doing so well. Now his hand had a set back and he's not sure how well it can recover this time. They say he needs open heart surgery to fix the hole in is heart, but his lungs aren't strong enough to get him through. There's another procedure they could do, but his Medicade won't cover it. The doctor is writing letters to see if an exception can be made. They won't do the procedure if he doesn't have coverage. Please pray they will cover that before he has another stroke.

Good news about the lung cancer he was diagnosed with a few years back. He saw the oncologist yesterday and he is still cancer free. No signs of it trying to come back. With everything he's been through, I hope a tiny hole in the heart doesn't get in the way!