It’s time for a little review, folks. Feel free to share this with your dumber family members and friends. Like if you have a brother who is 38 and hard headed and married to a really very nice woman who may not always make really good decisions, that’s a good person to share this review with. Right now. Before it’s too late.
If you’re playing hockey and it’s the 1st period and you start feeling these things:
You should leave the game immediately, not in the 2nd period when you collapse. You should go to the emergency room immediately. Got that? Go. To. The. Emergency. Room. If it’s your husband who is 38 and in pretty decent health and not a hypochondriac who loves hockey more than, well, more than anything and he leaves the game in the second period because he has shortness of breath, tightness in the chest, really tired and weak arms, blurred vision and racing heart… Take. Him. To. The. Emergency. Room. Right. Now. Do not suggest he go home because the ER wait will be long and he can just see his doctor in the morning.
Got that? Make sense?
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These are my all time favorite kinds of posts. One in which we learn lessons about things from another person’s benefit.
And it proves to me I’m in good company as I’ve given such advice before as well.
How is he doing?
Hi Mocha – If my little reminder helps someone, then I’ll be happy. Hopefully it is only my brother who needs these kinds of reminders though. 😉
SwampHag – he’s ok, I guess. Had lots of tests yesterday. I suspect I’ll hear from someone today with some more details. But in my family, you never know.
Gave me the chills when I read this, a friend’s husband had this happen at age 33 playing baseball, and he didn’t make it. Guys in their 30’s especially need to take this seriously. I’m glad everything seems to be okay.
Sending out good thoughts for him…