Posted on 12/08/2004 8:29:40 PM PST by Admin Moderator
Edited on 12/11/2004 1:15:34 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
I'm very sad to announce that Freeper TomServo suffered a major heart attack earlier today. Please pray for him and pray for his wife and family. We'll keep you posted.
I'm thrilled to inform you that Mrs. TomServo says he's going home tomorrow! So the next update you get might be from Mr. TomServo himself! Thanks for all your prayers :)
Thank you, Lord!
Prayers continue for your complete recovery, Tom.
Appreciate the ping, John.
I had no idea, I've been lite freeping lately.
Prayers sent. He did the same for me.
God Bless.
Wardaddy, Nashville
PRAYING WITHOUT CEASING for Both of You!
GOD IS SO GOOD and HE IS FAITHFUL TO US.
PRAISE HIM FOR THE WONDEROUS WORKS HE HAS DONE!
Baruch HaShem...BLESSED IS THE NAME OF THE LORD!
Amen ~ and ~ Amen.
PS: What A Great Gift HE Has Bestowed Upon You During This Holy Season.
What a great report!!
Wonderful news. Thanks for the update!
Thanks for the ping. Been wanting to read an update (a good news update!).
A very brief synopsis of events (since I know some are curious):
About 2 PM central on Wednesday, I started getting an annoying pain in my chest and figured it was just stress/anxiety.
About 2:30 PM - I started sweating a bit much, followed by clammy hands. Not good - and now I'm just a little more than annoyed. Figured if I lay down - I'd feel much better. Soaked my side of the bed pretty good.
About 3:00 PM - My arms ached as if I'd been swinging a 200Lb baseball bat for a few hours. Decide to take a shower and relax a bit. Didn't help much. It was about this time I figured I was in trouble, but being a proud (and very stupid) guy - decided against doing anything drastic - like trying to save my own life. ;-)
Approx 3:30 PM, decided to google "Heart Attack Symptoms". As the list of symptoms were displayed, I checked them off one by one. Much to my chagrin, I soon realized that I was in deep doo-doo. Being a proud and stupid male (again) - I just couldn't decide what to do. Imagine the embarrassment if I had made the wrong call and put everybody out because I had made a bad call on my self-diagnosis.
Approx 3:45 PM, I said, "Screw it" and called my wife at work. Within 35 minutes, my wife had me at the emergency room where I was promptly placed at the front of the line. Now, why I had to walk to the wheelchair is still a mystery to me. "Seriesly"...
The ER folks sat me right down and start firing the questions off which I answered to the best of my ability. The Doctor in charge was looking at the EKG machine and much to my suprise stated that yes - I was in fact suffering a heart attack.
Fevered pitch activity around me, getting needles, electrodes and more questions. Everybody is calm, cool, collected - no problem. I was even sitting up, talking and cutting up with 'em. I really didn't feel that awful and had come to the assinine conclusion that "this really wasn't so bad after all" and "people actually die from this?".
Then, well it happened. Again - much to my astonishment, I started to pass out. I announced this to the ER staff and layed down.
I then woke up with a nurse holding an oxygen mask over my face and about 6 people holding me down. I was mildly upset at my predicament and demanded to be let alone, and that I had wanted to go home - now. They demanded that I calm down and well suffice it to say we had a disagreement, and they won.
After a few anxious moments where I decided that they were actually in control, they literally ran my gurney to the catheter lab, my wife running beside me and crying. I was kinda tired and tried to figure out why she was crying. I figured I was probably in trouble and gonna die. It wasn't until I was wheeled into the catheter lab that I found out that I had indeed "been there and done that" and that was why the orderlies were running and my wife was crying. Now, how long I was out, I still don't know. And no - I had no visions, no light at the end of the tunnel or anything like that. It was very fast, very hard and at the same time, very pleasant and peaceful. All I can definitely say is that it didn't bother me too much.
I want to say to the staff of Huntsville (Ala) Hospital, "Thanks!" for their help, experienced and courteous staff.
And that I'm sorry for yelling at the ER staff when they revived me.
But most of all I want to thank ya'll. Knowledge, science and technology are amazing things and it is good that we have them. But they are not everything. Our Heavenly Father knows what's best and it is by His will that I'm alive. And there is no doubt in my mind that your intercession was heard. As I said earlier, I'll try and make it more worthy the second time around. ;-)
I sit here no just a little bemused by the turn of events. I wonder why I was given a second chance. I wonder why others aren't. I wonder why it took me almost 2 hrs to decide to do something, and then after all is done, I really only had minutes to live. If I had waited 6 more minutes, I'd be on the FR Memorial page. Plenty of Doctors and Nurses paused and asked me if I really knew how lucky I was. And it was only after reading your comments and prayers that I truly understood and appreciated just how damned lucky that I am.
Thanks, and I love each and every one of you like a brother and sister.
I'm kinda worn out right now, so I think I'll go lay down and think about the 8 cartons of smokes my wife threw out today...;-)
I may have to make a short trip again to the hospital tomorrow (looks like I *might* have a little complication with the catheter wound), but in any event I'll talk to ya'll real soon...:-D
TomServo.
Sending continued prayers... thank you for the detailed update. I'm happy to hear you're making it through with your wit intact :)
God bless.
Update ping from TomServo himself - #467... thanks FRiends.
We're so glad you're back!
>>>I wonder why I was given a second chance.
Perhaps it's this testimony - and to be a reminder to stubborn males not to be so (bleep) stubborn, and seek medical attention right away.
Glad you're still with us.
Thank you for openly sharing the last few moments of your past life, and I'm glad God let you keep your smart mouth for your "second coming".
It is posts from people like you that make Free Republic, well, addictive!
May God continue to bless you and your family - He obviously thinks you are worth it.
Prayers for your continuing recovery TomServo, I'll also being praying that your stopping smoking goes easily for you.
Thanks my FRiend. It's folks like you and Gods Grace that I'm able to still be here and amongst my best friends and in my second "home".
Thanks for the ping sweetie! ;-) I'm ok, now...:-D
Welcome back... continued prayers for you, and do what the docs tell you!
Boy Howdy...you are lucky....those were all classic MI signs.
It just wasn't yer time.
God bless and relax.
and you have to quit smoking....very very few males can smoke cigarettes and make it to their later years intact.
Welcome home, Tom. We're all praying for you.
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