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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Heart Attack!


There is nothing like a heart attack to give you a wake up call! Saturday morning started off simply enough, then Gary came in to get a pepcid because he thought he was having indigestion. Then he took a shower and had alka seltzer. Then he said: "Please get dressed and take me into the ER!"

Tests and an angioplasty later, we discovered that he had had a heart attack. Yesterday we were released and he slept most of the afternoon but a pain and pressure in his chest got worse. About 9 p.m. we headed back to the ER. Gary has pericarditis, inflammation of the pericardium, the lining of the heart. Often patients will get this after a heart attack. So we will see how this goes!

I am so grateful to have him alive, grateful for modern medicine, grateful for doctors, stents and plavix, grateful for my children and family. Grateful for miracles and prayers, blessings and neighbours.

1 comments:

Tina said...

Oh no. You have been on my mind a lot lately, this must be why.
Are things going better? Please let me know if there is anything I can do! You will all be in our prayers.