Marcia's Guestbook

Thank you for your kind words Marcia! I will keep you in prayer as your heart stabilizes ! I know that worrisome feeling as I felt my heart literally stopping and finally was taken to ER! When the Dr. (Who shall remain nameless ) came in and I explained to him that my heart was stopping 20 seconds longer than I had noticed in the past, he said, " you'd be dead if your heart was stopping!" I said, " my heart is stopping and how would you know, you're not inside my body!" I may have mentioned before, my heart stops 27 times per hour for a duration of 43 seconds. The next day I was seen by the heart surgeon, don't mess with God as it happens, he blessed my heart stopping as well as my doctor being able to time it's recovery! When I told him what happened in ER and what the attending physician said he excused himself. He came back and sent me for my heart monitor. When I checked in, the nurse said, " oh, we know who you are with a smile." Confused, I said, " why is that?" She said, " oh did you not know your attending physician in ER last night got a 3 day suspension? Wow! No but he deserved it and we both laughed! I kind of felt bad but on the other hand, it could have been a terrible outcome had I listened to him and not followed up. ( which I almost skipped) Follow your instincts but control the panic attack is my message and I will keep you in prayer.

Marcia, Thanks for getting in touch with me, I'm on the plane heading to SFO, surgery is Wednesday. I'm so glad you were pleased with Dr Castro and his team, I'm really excited to get the process underway. Any other advice you can give me would be truly appreciated. thank you, Rick