HI EVERYONE.
AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I HAD A VERY BAD HEART ATTACK ON DEC 9. I HAD RECEIVED THIS SAME EMAIL THE WEEK BEFORE AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW IT SAVED MY LIFE. I LIVE ABOUT ONE MILE FROM THE ST JOHNS MERCY HEART HOSPITAL. I WOKE UP AT MIDNITE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS HEART ATTACK. MY ARMS ACHED HORRIBLY AND MY CHEST FELT LIKE IT HAD BEEN HIT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND I COULDN'T GET MY BREATH. I WAS AFRAID TO WAIT FOR AN AMBULANCE AND I REMEMBERED WHAT THIS EMAIL HAD TOLD ME SO I STARTED COUGHING AS HARD AS I COULD AND DROVE MYSELF TO THE HEART HOSPITAL. THAT COUGHING KEPT ME FROM PASSING OUT AND I MADE IT TO THE HOSPITAL.
AS SOON AS I GOT THERE, THEY DID NOT ASK ME ANY ADMISSION QUESTIONS. INSTEAD THEY TOOK MY BLOOD PRESSURE, DID AN EKG AND TOOK ME DIRECTLY TO THE OPERATING ROOM. I DON'T RECALL THEIR EVEN ASKING ME MY NAME. THEY JUST WENT TO WORK ON ME. IN THE OPERATING ROOM THEY PUT A STINT IN MY GROIN AND THATS WHEN MY HEART STOPPED. I WAS DEAD. THEY SHOCKED ME WITH THE PADDLES AND GOT ME BACK. THE "WIDOW MAKER" ARTERY WAS 80% BLOCKED AND THE AEORTIC ARTERY WAS 90% BLOCKED.
IN SHORT, I AM STILL ALIVE AND NOW DEALING WITH SEVERAL HEALTH ISSUES BUT I AM ALIVE AND IT IS ALL BECAUSE SOMEONE SENT ME THIS EMAIL ABOUT SELF CPR. I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE BUT I AM GRATEFUL TO THEM BECAUSE THEY SAVED MY LIFE. I HOPE YOU WILL READ THIS SELF CPR AND REMEMBER IT BECAUSE IT MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE SOME DAY.
ROY
Roy D. Fisher 
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