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Re: [OM] Some news about the helicopter pilot (plus flood comments)

Subject: Re: [OM] Some news about the helicopter pilot (plus flood comments)
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:01:24 -0400
I'm glad to hear your son got proper care from someone who can read an 
EKG.

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On 9/18/2011 5:56 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Yes, that helicopter pilot, my son.  He had a heart attack a couple of
> weeks ago and only age 46.  Fairly minor as heart attacks go but still a
> heart attack.  90% of one coronary artery blocked.  I don't remember
> which one.  Anyhow, he's now just fine and back to work.  It's not clear
> what's going to happen to his flying.  And I think he's giving serious
> second thoughts about whether he wants to stay in the NY Guard long
> enough to make Colonel.
>
> The oddity is that it had been giving him warning signs for the past 3
> months.  He kept complaining of a bothersome "fluttering" feeling under
> his breastbone.  He said that really didn't describe what he felt but
> that's as close as he had words for.  He'd been to the doctor and had
> been given all the standard diagnostic tests which said he was a fine,
> healthy young man.  Go home and don't worry.  He's been cycling lately
> and had just returned from a 6 mile ride.  His wife said that when he
> got home and out of the shower he looked white as a ghost and said he
> had chest pain and felt unwell.  When he went to the emergency room at
> the nearest hospital (a small one) complaining of chest pain they said
> they couldn't find anything wrong with him and wanted to send him home
> with some pain meds.  His wife finally convinced one of the docs to send
> him to a larger hospital in Buffalo.  The cardiologist there took one
> look at the EKG done at the other hospital, spotted what they had missed
> and rushed him directly to the cath lab where they ultimately put in a
> drug-eluting stent.  Sent him home the next day.
>
> Heart attacks and floods.  It's been a different sort of time the past
> two weeks.  But our flood evacuated house guests are now gone after a
> week and getting their place back in shape.  Habitat for Humanity showed
> up with a volunteer work crew and tore out all the basement carpet.
> They also took a Sawz-All to the leather sofa and chair and other bits
> of furniture so they could pass all the bits out the window rather than
> up the stairs.  That allowed hosing down the floor and flushing
> everything back down the floor drain.  If everything went as expected
> this weekend their son and sons-in-law were to arrive and remove the
> soggy wallboard and insulation so the electrician can replace all the
> wiring and receptacles in a day or two.  They've already gotten a
> replacement water heater and can finally take showers in their own
> house.  The remaining big item is the boiler.  Not sure what's happening
> there.  It's been 40-45F the last few nights but they probably have a
> few weeks before it starts to get really cold at night.
>
> Chuck Norcutt

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