Second go around for someone I love to have to have by-pass surgery. First my father about 20 yrs ago and last Monday my brother-in-law. This is not small stuff! However, here is something you may not know. When Mike (Charles' Bro), went into the hospital complaining of chest pains, the doctor had possibly suggested it could be his gall bladder. However they would just do the heart tests just in case. Doctor said gall bladder and heart could have the same symptoms.
Okay, let's think about that for a moment. There is the gall bladder, squiggly little thing that looks like a chili pepper that can very easily be lived without. People have them removed surgically through their belly button. Then there is the heart, the absolute most important organ in your body. Obviously, cannot live with out it! HOW can those two organs give off the same symptoms? Let's see one collects bile from the liver to pass on to the intestines when the time is right and the other, oh gosh, I forget, what was it that the heart does, oh YEAH! it pumps blood through your entire body! Don't think I just knew that about the gall bladder either, I have another browser opened up on webmd.
Well, our bodies are definately mysteries. It really got us to thinking about why some people have heart problems and others don't. Mike is 40 and had a quadruple by-pass, he's not obese, not a smoker, doesn't have really bad cholesterol. Then we thought it might be genetics. So guess who is having a stress test next week. You guessed it. The older brother to the 40 yr old.
To wrap this blog up, I would like to thank everyone for their prayers and concerns while Charles's brother had his surgery. Surgery was Monday 2-16 and he might possibly go home Friday 2-20.
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