Apparently I misunderstood my sister's report. The doctors said that my dad had a heart episode/trauma, but fell short of calling it a heart attack. The level of triponin--an enzyme that is found in the blood stream when the heart is injured--was not high enough to officially label what happened a heart attack. The medical staff were concerned enough to keep him in the hospital for a week. We're not certain exactly what happened, and to what extent our dad is giving us all of the information that the doctors shared with him. Still, we are glad that he is home.
Posted by Frank Yamada at July 13, 2004 01:00 PMMy father had one of these. Blech. He's doing very well now. He walks 3 miles a day. He's lost weight and treats himself well. He just cannot abide sodium.
I wish I could say the same about my dad. He does not take good care of his body.
Posted by: Frank at July 14, 2004 03:21 PMDad had to learn how to do so.
He cut way back on most things.
Posted by: Anglobaptist at July 14, 2004 05:41 PM