hoping your husband has a smooth recovery and sorry to hear about the other relative as well. ((hugs))

And good vibes for your husband. Take care!!

Your husband will be in good hands in KC. I just visited KC so I know where to send those positive vibes, they are on the way.

N/t

My thoughts are with you during this very tough time for you and your loved ones.

Hope both patients come through well.

recover quickly. Stay strong and take care of yourself.

Kansas City has some very good heart care. I know from experience. Hope everything goes well for him.

in my thoughts!

and healing for hubby and sister's SiL. Your DU family is here for you. Lean as hard as you need. huggggggs

I was healthy, worked out regularly — I’m a vegan, for pete’s sake — but job stress is a real killer.

Sounds like he’s past the rough part. Follow the rules, walk a lot — it’s a long road, but stick to it. I feel better than I have in years.

I’m so sorry to hear this. Be careful on the roads. Hugs and love 💗💗🙏🏼💐

Green is the color of healing, new growth, and Spring.

We can keep you company from here. You won’t be going through this alone.

Follow doctor orders, get check ups and keep moving.

Sending healing thoughts to your husband and your sister's husband's sister too.

Don't forget to take care of you! So easy to forget to do this in stressful times.

And you.

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healing and great joy to you...

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Read the book The Magnesium Miracle.

a few years ago and so glad I did!

For you, your husband and extended family. That’s a lot of stress, so be sure to take care of yourself in all of this too, even if just to sit and breathe deeply for a few minutes every so often. Hope there is someone local to help out with animals, etc., so you can focus on your hubby.

Getting him anywhere where he can get medical attention was the right thing to do. Urgent Care can identify heart attack, probably run and EKG to diagnose the specifics, and get him on the way to cath lab.

I'm an EMT in a volunteer rescue squad in rural Virginia. Our little local general hospital has very limited capability. For us, heart attacks; strokes; gunshots; head, neck, spinal trauma; and broken bones other than a broken arm all get helicopter to Richmond.

We are able to transmit EKG strips and patient vitals via cell phone to the Richmond or other area medical center ER; your urgent care likely could do that, which will really speed up things when he gets to the hospital.

Prayers for both of you coming for the boondocks of rural Virginia!!

And anyone else who reads this: Especially if you are over 50/55, CALL 911 with: any chest pain or anything that feels like chest pain, no matter how mild; any fall; any thing that feels funny -- slurred speech, facial droop, one arm or leg that doesn't work quite right.

We EMTs can check it out, we have the equipment, we can get you to primary care fast. Time you spend arguing with the family about calling/not calling 911 makes a lot of difference -- for example, in the case of a typical heart attack, the doc wants no more than 90 minutes "from onset to balloon" -- 90 minutes from onset of the heart attack until the doc gets a stint in place in the arteries of the heart. Anything over that causes damage to the heart muscle. The first 60 minutes of a stroke is "the golden hour" -- paramedics and helicopter crews can administer certain clot-busting drugs that will give the doc and you extra time in case of a stroke. CALL 911.

I had a heart attack, stroke, and triple bypass open heart surgery. I'm writing to you because I want to tell you that these things come to pass. If your husband's lucky and healthy he could recover and with some minor adjustments, come roaring back and be his normal self in a matter of months. I'm telling you that, as the subject of these kinds of traumatic events, it's difficult to have faith that there IS a slow road back to normal. And there is time to take stock of the fact that life is indeed fragile, but there are such things as resilience, persistence, humility, and optimism, and that they can all reside in the person and the family that experiences serious medical events, successful or otherwise. Please understand and know that you are not alone in the midst of your trauma. Breathe deep, draw in your spirit of optimism, and move forward with compassion, patience and fortitude. With average medical competency, your husband's medical team will succeed. Let your husband know that your love is there for him. He will never forget.

Waiting for the cath. His enzymes have climbed since we got here. He's at 3000 right now. Oldest grandson drove me here, the youngest will let the dog outside to do her business. I'll go back home for supper duties if things copacetic here. Thank you all for the good thoughts. Love you all.

Deep breath….you both can get through this.

My deepest prayers

One step, one moment at a time. Be well.

Positive thoughts/energy to you and your family.

St. Lukes is great and my husband had a terrific outcome at KU Med. I am certain any of them are good but just in case, there is some talk about those 2 always being really fine.

Many good wishes to all of you. Take good care of yourself too.

You must be so worried. Please update us.

and so do you if you both smoke: party's over, time to quit.

His care will be dedicated to preventing another, bigger heart attack. He'll complain he's taking so many pills he rattles when he walks. He'll grump about taking walks as part of his rehab. And that's if he doesn't need surgery.

Don't worry about doing all the changes at once. If he goes on a cardiac diet, you might have to learn how to cook all over again. He'll complain that low salt food tastes like cardboard. Make sure he has lemon slices and pepper, they can go a long way to helping him taste what he's eating during that first miserable month. Just take it slow.

However, tobacco's got to go, and it's got to go today. Vape pens with nicotine free juice can help. Eventually you can graduate to a flavored air device. They're not cheap, but they can help, also.

(Yes, I was a nurse and I worked in cardiac and thoracic surgery. I know the drill)

and I'm still here. It'll take him time to recover. Big hugs.

You and your husband will be in my prayers

He's 81 now.

The book "Reversing Heart Disease" by Dr Dean Ornish was a tremendous help for us. He followed it to the letter and is doing very well, HIs cardiologist at the U of Chicago said so.

Good luck to you and your husband.

Take care and keep us updated.

I'd sit with you if I could.

They just took him for catherization 10 minutes ago. If they find blockage they'll do a Stent then and there they said.

I've got a grandson trying to find me... he's roaming the hospital. He's my ride back home once I know david is out of the woods.

Thanks for the good thoughts!

Hubby is resting... if not completely comfortably. I'd brought my laptop for him and set it up with a desktop app to Netflix, since he said over and over TV there sucks. (gryn).

He had a 100% blockage in the right side of his heart. They put in a stent, and told me if everything goes okay tonight he can come home tomorrow. Lexy (our dog) is still looking for him... poor girl. The cats are just happy Mom's back home. Youngest grandson came over to let Lexy out to the backyard to do her business while the oldest was driving me home.

I am SO ready to catch a nap, myself... You know what I realized today? Screw Trump... family is what's important!

Thank you for being there for me today, my DU family. I truly appreciate you!

of you to supply your husband with Netflix. I found two things really help with pain, love of family and distracting entertainment. You have supplied him with both. Take care.

Thank you so, so much for the update! Lots of rest - it took me a few weeks or so to recover.

It sounds like he got to medical care promptly, and time is everything in cardiovascular. If they're letting him go home so soon, I hope
it means there isn't much concern for permanent damage. As has been commented above, there are inevitably going to be some changes in your life, but they should be manageable.

And best of luck to your BIL's sister, too.

headed your way. I hope you two will soon be well and back together. And that sister's sister in law will be well soon, too.

But, I'll give you this. I'm recovering from open heart surgery from about a year ago. It was certainly slow going for the first five weeks or so. I wasn't even sure it had been worth it. A lot of pain, and I couldn't even get out of the chair to walk without some assistance. But, after that, and some physical therapy and slowly but surely, it got better. Small steps for sure, but small steps forward. Now, nearly a year later, I am just about back to where I was when I was walking every day and golfing. Hang in there, take it a day at a time. It will get better.

Sending those powerful DU vibes in your husband's direction and please remember that as long as you're on DU, you're never alone... :

Be thankful he survived and is getting care. I'd suggest being real careful after any stents go in. Do twice the suggested no exertion time. Stents are life savers and on average extend life, but I know some for whom the healing phase took longer. That will be a balancing act as getting moving will still be important.

This is the same hospital where I lost my dad going thru the same procedure. Dad was about the same age as hubby is now. So scary sitting in that waiting room yes. Just called hospital and found he did ok thru the night. Will be later this afternoon b4 we know he's actually going to be released. I'm alone today, doing the drive myself. Altho after grandsons car my back will probably thank me!

And, take care.

Nt