My mom had a massive heart attack at age 60 that caused Cardiogenic Shock. That occurs when the heart can’t pump enough blood to meet what the body needs.This can quickly lead to multi-organ failure and death. My mom survived by the grace of God after being in ICU for over a month. At my age of 61 I found myself in my mother’s footsteps. Definitely a much milder form of it but similar impact.
It started off with me having concerns about my elevated blood pressure and a very mild burning under my left breast. Which had it not been for the elevated BP I would have dismissed it as indigestion or acid reflux. BUT GOD…. I went ahead and called 911. The paramedics arrived and took an EKG and calmly said to me “how do you feel about taking a ride to the hospital”… well of course I said let’s go.
What I thought was a secondary issue turned into the primary issue my heart enzymes came back abnormal.
Long story short I had a procedure called a Cardiac Catheterization which found one of my arteries leading to my heart with an 80% blockage. There was a permanent stent placed in that artery to open it!!
The sequence of events proved to me that God had me .
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