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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Self portrait 4 hours post myocardial infarction
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:37:20 -0500
References: <C4CA9162-8B51-475F-89D1-F93688AD75F1@mac.com> <DF256AA8-45CF-4639-8D03-471187DAEE69@embarqmail.com>

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







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