I'll respond for him: Thanks for the well wishes. I'll just add that
he now feels perfectly normal for the first time in several months.
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/19/2011 3:51 PM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
> Second that!
>
> On 19/09/2011, John Hermanson<omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I'm glad to hear your son got proper care from someone who can read an
>> EKG.
>>
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>> On 9/18/2011 5:56 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>> Yes, that helicopter pilot, my son. He had a heart attack a couple of
>>> weeks ago and only age 46. Fairly minor as heart attacks go but still a
>>> heart attack. 90% of one coronary artery blocked. I don't remember
>>> which one. Anyhow, he's now just fine and back to work. It's not clear
>>> what's going to happen to his flying. And I think he's giving serious
>>> second thoughts about whether he wants to stay in the NY Guard long
>>> enough to make Colonel.
>>>
>>> The oddity is that it had been giving him warning signs for the past 3
>>> months. He kept complaining of a bothersome "fluttering" feeling under
>>> his breastbone. He said that really didn't describe what he felt but
>>> that's as close as he had words for. He'd been to the doctor and had
>>> been given all the standard diagnostic tests which said he was a fine,
>>> healthy young man. Go home and don't worry. He's been cycling lately
>>> and had just returned from a 6 mile ride. His wife said that when he
>>> got home and out of the shower he looked white as a ghost and said he
>>> had chest pain and felt unwell. When he went to the emergency room at
>>> the nearest hospital (a small one) complaining of chest pain they said
>>> they couldn't find anything wrong with him and wanted to send him home
>>> with some pain meds. His wife finally convinced one of the docs to send
>>> him to a larger hospital in Buffalo. The cardiologist there took one
>>> look at the EKG done at the other hospital, spotted what they had missed
>>> and rushed him directly to the cath lab where they ultimately put in a
>>> drug-eluting stent. Sent him home the next day.
>>>
>>> Heart attacks and floods. It's been a different sort of time the past
>>> two weeks. But our flood evacuated house guests are now gone after a
>>> week and getting their place back in shape. Habitat for Humanity showed
>>> up with a volunteer work crew and tore out all the basement carpet.
>>> They also took a Sawz-All to the leather sofa and chair and other bits
>>> of furniture so they could pass all the bits out the window rather than
>>> up the stairs. That allowed hosing down the floor and flushing
>>> everything back down the floor drain. If everything went as expected
>>> this weekend their son and sons-in-law were to arrive and remove the
>>> soggy wallboard and insulation so the electrician can replace all the
>>> wiring and receptacles in a day or two. They've already gotten a
>>> replacement water heater and can finally take showers in their own
>>> house. The remaining big item is the boiler. Not sure what's happening
>>> there. It's been 40-45F the last few nights but they probably have a
>>> few weeks before it starts to get really cold at night.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
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