Life is short!

A colleague had a heart attack in the office today. My team mate in the finance team of two. He was talking just fine one moment and was giddy/sweating the next. It was quite a scary experience. We were able to take the right calls and get him to the hospital in time - 15 minutes....thankfully the hospital was close and the nurses took him in straight to the Cardio Care Unit for intensive and specialized care. A 20% functioning heart with BP of 40....angiogram and angioplasty happened and he is fine now. Apparently, he will be kicked out of there in 3 - 4 days.

Lessons learned -

In case of a heart attack,
- if the person is sweating, says he is sleepy (easy in the middle of the day!), feels giddy, complains of pain in the chest region/arms/shoulders, vomits in combination with all this, it is likely to be a heart attack. Nearest CCU immediately.

In general,
- life is really fragile and one can never tell what the day will bring. Work hard, play hard and stay healthy.
- trust your instincts....it was funny how my instincts were screaming that something was badly off, though the brain wanted to calm things down.
- part on a good note...never know what the day brings!
- health insurance is a MUST. Advocate it to everyone you know....otherwise be prepared to pay a ton and have that be a stress factor at a time when you need to focus on other things - like staying unstressed!

Am glad he is okay....while he survived the heart condition, he may not survive me. I have been after him to stop smoking and get insurance. Very frustrating to see this happen despite that. Can we say group health insurance?!

G'night!