Another Sub, Another Three-Day Week

My mother, who visited the cardiac cath lab last week and received a stent, had to go back today for another visit. She had angina pains on Monday and Tuesday and that's just not supposed to happen again so soon. So, another sub day for me, and Mom and I were off to the hospital at 6:15 today. After check in and all that entails, she went off to the lab at 8:45 and stayed in there for nearly 4 hours. That's a long time--last time she was in and out in 2 hours. They found a calcium blockage in a artery and had to work hard (but carefully, they assured me) to remove it.

Was it there last week and they just missed it or is it possible to get a blockage in less than a week? If I ever see the doctor I'll ask. And now I have Cookie, her dachsund, dogging my every step again. She's always on the hunt for food. I'm always eating. It works for her but I'll never understand why that dog doesn't weigh 50 lbs.