Inspired Heart New Beginnings

a personal story blog about

Surviving My Widow Maker Heart Attack and My Recovery

My New Beginnings, New Life Goals, Lifestyle Changes, including My Life Remembered: The Younger Years

My Story Begins at the First Blog Post:

Some Background… posted August 26, 2024

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I have now posted over 80 story vignettes on my website. Many of my vignette writings exceed the common “less than 1,000 word count” typically presented in this writing style. My writings have been evolving over time and I am proud of this evolution. I have now recognized that there are many potential publishing projects developing in this website, both in the fiction and non-fiction genres.

Should I consider actively seeking Literary Agent representation?

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Category: My Heart Attack “The Event”

  • A Big Thank You…

    Last year after I came home from the hospital, I posted a short thank you to everyone who had helped me during my event on my older Facebook page. I now want to repost this thank you as I have reconciled all that happened during that very brief day and a half of my life….

  • I Can’t Believe This (Reflection)…

    I woke up from a very needed sleep and in my own bed. This was a moment to celebrate. This was also the moment I began to think more deeply about what I had experienced and what the various conversations between the doctors and nurses had revealed about my outcome. I seriously thought about that…

  • Discharge…

    A steady flow of new specialists and admin staff began to come into the room to go over their specific instructions related to my being discharged. First was the registered dietitian nutritionist. We discussed what my diet should be and it basically follows the Mediterranean Diet food selections. There was also the talk about sodium…

  • Morning Activity…

    OK, it is around 5:30 AM and the lights in my room just came on. WTF… A person came into the room and said they needed to take some blood. I have not had any good sleep and I am becoming very cranky. UGH! I am super tired and now the room is becoming active…

  • Trying To Sleep And It Is Midnight…

    I know that this part of the event might be boring, but it is still in my memory and is part of my story. After dinner all of the activities in my room began to settle down. My wife left to go get the girls so they could relax at home for the night and…

  • What Just Happened…

    Later in the afternoon the Cardiologist, not the one who did the procedure, and a nurse came into the room to see me. They wanted to discuss what had happened to me and what procedures were done in the saving of my life. Of course, the Cardiologist started the conversation with “You are doing well…

  • Now In My Room…

    There was no hurry to move me to the hospital room I had been assigned since the procedure to open the blockage and to place a stint in my heart was now complete and I was stable. Two assistant technicians, at least that is who I thought they were, moved me from the catherization table…

  • The Cath Lab…

    Out of the ER room we went quickly, but not rushing. We exited the ER into a corridor and went straight to the Cath Lab where a team was waiting for me to arrive. The room was prepped and ready for whatever needed to be done. I was rolled in and carefully moved onto the…

  • The Arrival…

    WOW! The ride to the hospital seemed to go so quickly. The ambulance pulled into the ER garage reserved for first response vehicles only. I have come through this ER entrance before but what was different this time was that I noticed that there was a group of what looked like 8 to 10 ER…

  • The Ride…

    As we began to leave the neighborhood the siren began to make that familiar loud sound that announces you need to get out of the way because we are moving, and we were moving fast. I have been in an ambulance before but this time was different. This time the ambulance was not moving at…