Since I still need to fix the trans I wish I was home
working on it.. I'm pretty bored sitting in this damn
hospital room waiting for Monday morning.. they will
split my chest at 7:30.. then keep me another 4 days..
but my luck wouldnt work out if I went home .. I'd end
up having another heart attack... my buddy offered to
do the work for me(and I might just have him do it) so
it might be done when I could drive it... oh well.. I
sure hope its just the valve body.. that would be quick
and simple

Good luck to you Mike. Hope it goes well.

Thanks.. I'm just bored out of my mind and I'm not getting
anything done on the Rampage.. I'm sure things will go fine..
I have the best doc working on me(he is the guy that the doctors
get to do their heart stuff)

Good luck Mr P hope everything goes well Monday.

Hey Mr. P, I really hope everything goes well for you on Monday. Take care and I will keep you in my thoughts.

Hey Mike,

You will be in my prayers Monday and I hope for a VERY SPEEDY recovery!!!!!!!

Thanks guys... its a piece of cake... just a little by- pass
well a 4 way one.. no biggie... its more or less.. either I
wake up or I dont.. LOL.. I have the best doc working on me

Good luck to you Mike. Hope everything goes well.

Good luck on Monday Mr. P. We will keep you in thoughts and prayers. The car will still be there when you feel like turning a wrench again. Get that ticker fixed first! Get well soon !

Good luck Mike you will be back out there before you know it

Good luck tomorrow, Mr P-Body. If you have a good doc, this is as easy for him, as it is for you to changed valve bodies Piece of cake.

Good luck Mike, make sure you wake up! Dave

Good to hear you have the best Docs in the area. It isn't a lot of fun, but the time will go by quicker than you think!

Good luck Mike! I am pullin for ya! I know how boring a hospital stay is!! But if it wasn't for good doctors you and I wouldn't be here now. I want back into my car but as I thought... It won't be this year. Good luck and keep us posted!

Good Luck tommorrow Mike and prayers for a speedy recovery. You need to get you back to 100% first and foremost.Smiling nurses wont hurt you for a few days.

Good luck. Hope all goes well.

Good luck with the surgery for sure. With your attitude I am sure you will do fine. Thoughts and prayers just the same

For the by-pass, did they let you pick custom colors to match your car or did you just stay with the standard red, blue, and silver?




Figured I had to throw in some race stuff so your thread wouldn't get moved to another section.

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I had a triple in Feb.

Heart surgery is easy. Hospital food is what is hazardous to your health.

Good luck on Monday.

Kevin

I had a 5 holer in 2002, won the S/P points championship the same year, I had people coming up to me in the pits and staging lanes saying "exactly what did they do to you and where can I get one" lol...hang in there Mike, you'll be Rampaging around soon, (see what I did there)...

Here's to a speedy recovery Mike, get well soon! Matt

Good luck Mike! Hang tuff. BTW, I believe I have a stock valve body from a 78 /79 727 if you want it. - my get well present.

Good-luck Mike and heal up quick. You will be in our thoughts.

Hang Tough, you'll be in my thoughts and prayers.

Thanks guys... I bought another trans to build up and I'm
gonna use that stock 518 VB to check the trans... my doc
just stopped in to check on me one last time before the
surgery tomorrow... I'm ready

Mike, good luck with the plumbing job, looking forward to seeing you on Drag Week. Still lots of time to get ready, you are a lot further along than most.

No need to jeopardize your recovery by getting out to the shop too early.

Like I said lot's of time and it sounds like you already have offers for help if you need it.

See you in September!

Bill Lamb

Mike, have your buddy sneek the transmission into the hospital, problem solved, just take care it will be there for you on Tuesday. speedy recovery

Here's to wishing you only the best and a speedy recovery, Mike. Hope to hear from you real soon.
Kenny

good luck Mike, had cardiac arrest 2013, stents and the newest ICD they put under your left arm,wires go under the skin to the heart, take the meds doc gives you, you'll find asprin and plavex in the morning will help give you some energy, the others I take at night because they make your heart rest, good luck prayers for you.Darren

According to MoparBilly you only have to start working on your car a couple days prior to Drag Week so I think you'll have plenty of time.

Prayers out to you from S.Tex. maybe you can have Mrs.P chime in and keep us posted after your procedure ? youll be in lala land for a good day or two.

Thanks guys.. I'll have the wife post something while I'm
down

That's funny! But true! I lost 15 lbs ! So Mike if ya want to lose weight, they are going to help you with that

Good luck Mr. P-Body..you'll do just fine.

Best of luck Mike...no health issues here yet but between the Dart and the Satellite its inevitable...thoughts will be with you...

Yep, I'm here and will give you guys updates tomorrow. Thanks for keeping his mind occupied while he's waiting around for the surgery to happen.

Wow, a sign of a true gearhead! In the hospital awaiting a quad-pass and you're thinking about your race car!!! Gotta admire that.
Good luck Mike! You'll do fine.

I think Mike is restless because they won't let him enjoy a smoke in the hospital!

Seriously Mike, we're all pulling for you and wishing for a successful operation and a speedy recovery!

Good luck Mike!!

Get well quick Mike.

Good luck Mike,
What hospital are you at ?
Hope things go smooth,,,,,
I have had a previous open heart procedure,,,You should be up and running around soon,,,
Prayers Sent your way....

Doug

Hey Doug... I'm at Henry Ford Macomb .... thanks guys.. everything
will go fine

best wishes Mike.

I'm sure things will go as according to plans, best of luck and to a speedy recovery.

Good luck Mike we're all pullin' for ya here!

Get well buddie

Best of luck with the surgery !!!!

Rickster

Good luck Mike. I'll be praying for your speedy recovery.

We will be praying for you and great skill for your Drs. Keep us in touch

Hey Mike! We just finished clearing all the trees on your property!! Anything else you needed done? ....some joking aside, hope it all goes A-OK

Mr. P. here's to a speedy recovery from the west coast

LOL... funny thing is.. I do have 4 trees that need to go..
they were lightening hits
EDIT
Thanks guys... everything will go as planned.. the nurses are
taking great care of me

Best Wishes and prayers for a speedy recovery Mike.
Mark

Damn. Just saw the post I'll say a prayer for you Mike God bless

Just saw this...wish you a speedy recovery!

I don't know anything about overdrive tranny's but if you need a hand with anything, I'm more than willing to help out.

Just talked Mike's surgeon, he was very happy with how the surgery went. They ended up doing a quadruple bypass, all to the right side (Widow-maker side).I'll get to see him in about an hour...for 10-15 minutes then they're gonna kick me outta here. THANK YOU ALL for the prayers and good, healing energy!!!! Now, he's supposed to stay out of the shop for about 3-4 weeks to let the breastbone fuse so if you hear him talking about working on his trans, PLEASE yell at him.

Thanks for the update and best of luck in recovery.

Thanks for the update, glad he's doing well....

Thank You Mrs P body, glad all went well and tell Mike we are all pulling for him, (after the meds all wear down and he can understand what you said lol).

Thank you for the update on Mike! Glad to hear the surgery went well.
We hope he follows the doctors orders as far as no wrenching on the car is concerned! Maybe you could lock up the shop and hide the key!

Good to hear, i remember my dad going thru this and it was his first time in a hospital and he was kicked out after 2 days cuz he complained of the bed being to small ( he was 6'6" ) and of the pain so they sent him home but that wasnt any better as he wanted ciggarettes and drove himself and got into a wreck ( rear ended ) no injury thank goodness but having a wired up chest and leg tore up from the veins removed was a looong healing time, then the anxiety which is common from this procedure was hard on him, But ive heard ppl waking up and feeling born again because of the blood flow being restored, Mike has support from everywhere so He will do fine, just has to go ez for a while.

GREAT news. Thanks for the update.

Get well soon Mike and lay off the tools untill you're better.
Mick

Thanks for the update Mrs P. I have been thinking about mike all day.

Thank you again.

Thanks for the update, glad everything went well. .
The hardest part will be for Mike to stay out of the shop.
We'll keep an Eye on Him.
Gary.

Hang in there Mike!

Well, I got to see him for the 10-15 minutes and he was totally out of it. They're bringing him out of the sedation s-l-o-w-l-y....I guess he already tried to get up or lash out or something. They have his hands restrained now....as a Vietnam vet, Mike has a tendency to wake up hard and on the fly. What impressed me is how much better his skin color looks, he no longer looks that sickly gray color. I've gone home for the day but will be calling in later to check on him. Depending on what they say, I'll probably be able to visit him tomorrow.
Thank you again for all the good wishes!

Wishing Mike a speedy recovery.

Thank you for the update MrsP. Glad it went well. I will keep you both in my prayers.

Get well soon Mike! Glad it went well.

Thanks Mrs. P. Glad to here Mike is doing well.

Glad to see everything went well. prayers for a speedy recovery.
Doug

Thanks for the update Mrs. P. Mikes one tough guy and I'm sure he'll mend quick!

Randy

Hi Mike,,,,,glad you got thru the surgery. Hang in there !!!

just saw this glad to hear that everything went smoothly. praying for a quick recovery

Back to the top. I hope you are doing better:)

Any updates ??

Thanks for the updates Mrs. P. Good to hear he is looking better and hoping he has a speedy recovery!!

Mrs. P. Can Mikey come out and play yet?

Yes, can we get an update on how Mike is doing?

We're rooting for you Mike!!

His friend Dale posted over on the Bangshift board that he had talked to Mike's wife and that Mike is doing well, should be out in a few days.

I saw this on another site Mike frequents.
Talk with Mike's wife this morning... Mike is recovering from his by pass and doing well should get out in 4-5 days...

Treed! lol

Awesome News

Rickster

Dangit. LOL

I just got a call from Mike, they want to keep him an extra day or two. They haven't been able to pull both chest drain tubes yet, he's still putting out enough fluid that they want to keep an eye on him. But, he's looking and feeling good. I took his computer in to him yesterday so he should be chiming in soon.....if he can get the staff to move the computer closer to him or if he gets unhooked from enough stuff to go sit in the chair across the room. They never have enough electrical outlets in institutions, do they? And in ICU, hospital staff gets priority over the outlets closest to the patient.

Glad to hear your doing well. I hope your recovery is quick.

Mike you look like a million bucks!!!

Glad your getting better and wish you a speedy recovery.

Mike, just saw this, 'cause I haven't been on here in quite awhile. I'm glad everything went well...hope you have a fast and
a healthy recovery...Paul

Glad it worked! Take my advice..When in the ICU do not order the fish!!

Mike, glad to hear it went well, you're looking Good!

Awesome news!

Looking good Mike!

Keep on, keeping on ! !

It's easy. You need a small 10 ton press, a drill press with a 1" tapered ream, 2 large pipe wrenches and a medium hammer. I'm sure some of the guys will come over and help out.

Get well soon

Feel better Mike and a speedy recovery.

That looks like a thanks for the Morphine smile.

Glad it went well.

Kevin

Call me girl... same cell

Guys...d0 me a favor.. contact the wife for me

phone me girl same number

Hey your looking pretty good! Obviously all went well, congrats!

Glad the op went well Mike, dont rush things or you'll make yourself unwell again.
Mick

I should get out today or tomorrow... I hope

Close, that was a Dilaudid & Norco smile. And yes, we did talk after the "call me girl" msgs....he was so confused, he couldn't figure out the hospital phone. He sounds much more lucid this morning.

lol glad u r feeling better mike

lol!

Yeah it was pile full of GOOD DRUGS... looks like tomorrow

So glad it all went well, buddy!!

Good to hear Mike. Glad it all went well.

[quote=sgcuda]Mrs. P. Can Mikey come out and play yet?
[ /quote]

I get out about 9:30 to 10:00 tomorrow... but no playing
for a while

Best of luck with a speedy recovery and enjoy the pillow

looks like a young man to me.You are the best mike.get well.

Glad you're up and around again, Mike. Don't push it. Get well soon.

Get well soon Mr. P , when you get home relax and heal up all your toys will wait.

Just checking in. How are you feeling, Mike?

Glad to hear all is going good Mike. Get well. Ron

Thanks guys... I am taking it easy.. I cant lift anything
more than 5# and that even hurts... so yeah I'm being a good
boy and letting things heal

glad to see you back, been there done that. it takes a while for your ribs to heal. I remember feeling like I could fell them moving around for a long time.