Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Mom's heart attack



Hey all,
Mom had a heart attack on Friday morning, a mild one. In fact, she didn’t even know she had one, saying there was no pain when she had it. She just slumped down to the floor and passed out. I found her on the floor a little later and called 9-1-1.
After running some tests they determined it was a heart attack. According to one of her doctors women often don’t have the same symptoms of a heart attack as men have. For Mom it was a feeling of indigestion for about a week. Cousin Pat said she had a pain in the neck for a few days that even with the strongest of pain killers wouldn’t go away.
Mom goes to Jersey Shore University Medical Center Wednesday for catherization and probably angioplasty. Hopefully they won’t need to do a bypass.
The poor pup, he's lost without Mom. He just mopes around and wasn't eating. The cat on the other hand, he's pretty independent. As long as he gets his food and can torment someone (me) to let him out at 4 a.m. he won't even notice. I have a plan to have butchy see Mom as they shift her to the ambulance for the transport to Jersey Shore.

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