Heart Attack!

extract from an email dated 14 dec 2005 i sent on "the latest developments" ... for the record...

My father in law suffered a heart attack today. He is in the coronary care unit of SJMC and is stable. The doctors have given him something to clear the blockage he has. i am in the blur whether the blockage is an artery or what la...

He is hooked up to tons of machines and has plenty of tubes attached to him and says he is uncomfortable, wants to go home and wondering how much the hospital bill is going to come to.... he hasn't slept much cos of the tubes and he can't move about to his comfortable side without some alarm going off... otherwise he seems alright, very alert and aware of his surroundings, including what time the nurses get off their shift!

It was his usual Wednesday morning where his buddy, a younger driving retiree would pick him up about 9 am or earlier to drive to Carrefour to park and then take the Komuter train to KL town to have their weekly morning "yum cha" with other buddies near Petaling Street. This time, he complained of discomfort, giddy-ness and chills in the train. He then asked his buddy if he felt cold. When he complained more, his buddies asked him to just have a cup of tea. When it didn't go away, they found a nearby clinic and took him there. The GP gave him some pill for his "chills", a letter for the MO of SJMC and told him to go to hospital. The buddy then took him by taxi back to Carrefour in Subang to collect his car and then sent him home.

Then my mum in law called me to tell me about this and said that dad didn't want to go to the doctor and simply wanted to sleep as he was tired. somewhere in the middle here, chest pains were mentioned. I just told her not to let him sleep for long (scared he cannot wake up mah cos dunno what was wrong...) then asked lynn to help check the internet for symptoms of stroke and heart attack.. she called back and then i thought he should see the doc soonest.

today's post...
17 dec 2005

Father in law is much better today... talking and awake more! PTL! The doctor will decide by Monday if he should go for an angiogram straightaway or wait a little longer...