Second that!
On 19/09/2011, John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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