Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's a pretty detailed log for someone in your condition. Glad you are back home. Take care, and follow the doctor's orders. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at mac.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 2:37 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Self portrait 4 hours post myocardial infarction > > On Mar 12, 2012, at 5:23 PM, Ric Carter wrote: > >> CRAP! We're going to make you swear off politics! >> >> now, you owe us details. >> >> get better quickly > > Interesting Ric - nothing seems very important since the event > EXCEPT: family, friends, and breathing ;~) > > Details: > Saturday: > 9 am - Morning shower > 9:15 am - choking, feeling like can't breath, tightness in chest > radiating up into jaw and out to shoulders = Heart Attack > toss robe over wet body - take 3 80 mg aspirin and google - mild heart > attack symptoms > 10:00 am - Decide I'm having a heart attack, wake up Erin and drive to > emergency. > EKG, blood pressure, nitro glycerin under the tongue, > IV mounted in right arm, blood drawn from left arm > morphine into the IV, lots of questions, chest exray > 11:55 am - SELF PORTRAIT (even though exif says 12:55 - apparently never > set for Daylight Saving) > The rest of saturday afternoon, and night, blood tests, nitro patches, > drugs and tylenol for the headache produced by the nitro. > 5:30 - 6:00 - starting to feel sort of normal. > Enzyme and protein numbers - coming back as rising - confirming heart > attack > Sunday: > 7:30 am - meet cardiologist > 9:00 am - Catheterization - stent in left coronary artery (95 % blocked) > 11:00 am - in ICU - drugged - dozing - visitors - more blood drawn - more > drugs > Monday: > Just working on "getting the hell out of Dodge" > 4 pm - released with a large packet of information - 4 prescriptions to > fill > and setting up an appointment for the next Stent procedure in a couple > weeks. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >