So here we are....

My mom is doing good. As the days progressed we found out more info. It turns out that the artery that goes around behind her heart had completely clogged off about three years ago. This was a "big one" that she never realized that she was having because the pain was in her back not like normal heart attacks. The one(s) she had Thursday and Friday were smaller but were more dangerous because her body had circumvented the artery that had clogged before but they were now clogged too and that was what was causing the newer heart attacks. Her doc said that had she waited through the second one she had on Thursday evening she would have died. As it was a friend of hers was nearby and drove her to the hospital and my mom is still with us.

I am relieved and still scared. I am so happy that she is okay. But you know me, I gotta turn it on me for at least a little bit. Apparently heart disease is rampant on her side of my family, I never knew this because she never spoke of her family. Matter of fact I found this out from my dad. Now that I know this I realize now that I need to change a few habits that I have formed. My mother's heart attacks and stroke at the ripe old ages of 45-52 have let me know that this is no laughing matter. I am switching from my very favorite Wonderbread to 100% whole grain wheat, I am cutting back on the uber-greasy cheeseburgers, I am going to reduce my weight and exercise, I am going to have my cholesterol checked regularly and most of all I am not going to die in 20 years!!

C