He is off to a good start. Sixty something can be average for anyone to have coronary blockage. Plague is a disease. Seriously. It is genetic, but, also acquired. He needs to listen to his to his doctor. NO MORE CHAIN SAWS for a few months.
Anti-coagulants and chainsaws dont' mix. I mean that now. No fooling around until you get clearance.
But, he is a lucky man. He will see his cardiologist regularly and do what is best for his new condition. And he probably won't need heart surgery in the near future. I don't expect he'll ever be on the same list as Dick was. I wouldn't expect it.
He needs to develop a sensitivity to what his body is telling him now. Men have a difficult time listening to their bodies and appreciating it's gift of warning signs.
I've got the greatest story. This is absolutely true.
A 91 year old man was brought to an emergency room with chest pain. It was decided he was having a heart attack, placed on drips and taken to the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.
After the first enzymes came back his cardiologist came to his bedside. The elderly man looked at the cardiologist with affection as if a son. He stated, "Well, what are we going to do this time?"
The cardiologist smiled a big smile, "This time it is going to be medicine. Can't do anymore bypasses like I did four times before over the last 40 years."
True story. My Maternal Irish Grandmother had a weak heart. She developed pneumonia one year and died at the age of 94 years old.
Live a long life, Mr. Bush. Be happy and love your wife and children.
August 6, 2013
Former president George W. Bush (click here) is in "high spirits" after heart surgery Tuesday morning, his office said.
During a physical examination Monday, doctors found a blockage in an artery of the former president's heart, said Bush spokesman Freddy Ford.
"At the recommendation of his doctors, President Bush agreed to have a stent placed to open the blockage," Ford said.
The procedure at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas went off "without complication" early Tuesday, Ford said.
The news caught the political world by surprise....
