Always Be Prepared

We were into day three of our family’s July 4th holiday weekend five years ago. We hosted over 30 members of our family for the weekend at our home on Lake Martin. I woke early and thought I would get up and make coffee for everyone. I walked into our bathroom and felt a cramp in my back. I thought I would stretch it out in the closet. I bent over to do a pushup on the bench in the closet. It was then I realized I was having a heart attack, and I was in trouble.

I walked into the kitchen and told my wife. Being a registered nurse, she jumped into action and had me in my daughters’ car within minutes. We arranged to meet the ambulance at the intersection of highways 34 and 49. They transported me to East Alabama Medical Center. Everything worked out, and these days, I’m still enjoying the good life at the lake.