Funny as a Heart Attack - Summary

For those of you without the patience and endurance to read the full blog posts, here are the highlights:

• Happened on Saturday, July 11th
• Cold sweats and shortness of breath at home after playing basketball for two hours
  
• Called 911
• In ambulance just before getting to hospital, went into full arrest
• EMTs used CPR and defibrillator to get heart started again
• ER got me stabilized, then put me on LifeFlight to IMC in Salt Lake
• Angiogram showed nearly full blockage in one coronary artery
• Angioplasty to open artery, then put in a stent
• Recovery has gone remarkably well, starting immediately after getting the stent; all vital signs good
  
• Quickly returning to full activity, from walking around the second day after the attack, to some good running sessions on the treadmill and getting back to the gym within three weeks of the attack
  
• Back to work full-time one week after attack, with no problems
  
• Caused mainly by hereditary factors, high cholesterol
• Will have to make a few changes to diet to help get cholesterol levels down
• Happened after three months of pretty healthy diet and exercise, adding to the surprise of having a heart attack at age 39