Comments on: Morbid Fact Du Jour For January 16, 2009

By: Kasey

Kasey — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:46:16 +0000

The day you posted this my grandmother went into surgery for a triple bypass after having a heart attack. Her symptoms were the same as your mothers. A crazy coincidence.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:20:47 +0000

Your story points out the importance of learning CPR! And in many public places today, you’ll find easy-to-operate defibrillators (AEDs). The American Red Cross course on CPR now includes practice with AEDs … and the whole class takes just 4 hours of your time. Contact your local Red Cross office, or your local EMS department and ask about the upcoming class schedule. And while you’re at it, take a friend and your significant other to that class with you; the life saved might be yours.

By: Aimee

Aimee — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:15:33 +0000

Stories like that always scare me. I have a family history just full of heart disease and heart attacks, on both sides of the family tree. My father had a mild attack in 1990, at 39! What scares me even now is, he started feeling the chest pain in his truck on his way to work in Baltimore, and immediately sought an emergency room. Thing is, he sought our local ER, which means he turned the truck around and drove the two hours back home! He’s a very lucky man.
Don’t try this at home! (Or on the road.)