My brother had a heart attack...

**shais_mom** · 03-07-2007, 12:06 AM

yikes - that's scary -
will send thoughts and prayers...

**krazyaboutkatz** · 03-07-2007, 02:03 AM

I'm so sorry to hear this and he's so young.

I'm glad that he took the pain seriously and got the help that he needed. I hope he'll be okay now. He'll be in my thoughts and prayers.

**4 Dog Mother** · 03-07-2007, 08:05 AM

I was so sorry to hear this. Thank God, he and your parents took his symptoms seriously. A lot of people would not have because of his age. I will keep you and your family especially him in prayer.

**dogzr#1** · 03-07-2007, 10:05 AM

Thank you for all your kind words. My mom said when he first called she didn't even think of a heart attack because he's healthy, not overweight and he doesn't smoke at all.

The doctor said that it could be some sort of virus that caused it, or genetics. He asked if my parents' family members had any sort of heart problems. My dad a few relatives that had heart problems, so the doctor think that MAY be it. They're still not completely sure. The had to do this thing where they would insert a tube from his leg all the way to his heart. Then they injected some sort of dye to help the heart. I'm not completely sure what it does though.

On a lighter note, he's been moved from the ICU to a normal room. He feels a lot better and likes to joke around with the nurses. They gave him some medicine, but it makes him fart a lot.

So my mom had to take a bottle of Febreeze in there because it smells so bad!