November 26, 2025
Good afternoon,
Eighteen years ago today, I had my heart attack. I have two large scars because of the heart bypass surgery, and so it is hard to forget the events of those two weeks in November/December 2007. I had surgery a week after the attack, and I returned home a week after that. All my children and Shirley waited six hours in the St. Mary’s Hospital. waiting room for the doctor to give them the news of the surgery.
Shirley did CPR, and the firefighters did CPR and defibrillated me twice. The paramedics gave me a clot buster, and drove me to the hospital. The nurses and doctors prepared me for surgery, and the surgeon did the bypass stuff, and I was sent home with an armful of drugs. exercises and a new diet. None of them acknowledged saving my life, but they were well-trained in their fields, and they were extraordinary. The rest they left to fate, karma or God ?
I do not think everyday of being thankful, for being saved, and having these extra years of life here on earth, but I am. The odds, and I am not a betting person, were against me. Thousands have died since then with better odds. I was blue, and my heart was racing beyond belief, and the first responders did what they are trained to do, and it worked. You can tell I still think about why I am here with my re-telling the story. The story is still being written.
If you knew me at the time of the infarction, where were you and what did you think ? Blessings to you for all your prayers then and now .
Please pray for peace to really come to Gaza. AMEN
Fred
black and white shadows
crush humanity’s freedom
am I complicit ? MPL 2025
Ponder Anew 