I knew a guy whose heart just up and failed when he was 22 years old. He’d just come home from playing soccer, ate right, lived well, and just collapsed. Dead.
There’s the story of Matt Nader, who was a football player, had a heart problem, too. He doesn’t play any more, but the school he’d committed to to play football (Texas) honored his scholarship anyway.
Sometimes the heart doesn’t develop properly or has murmurs. No matter how good your lifestyle is, there’s nothing you can do about it.
I’ve never really come into contact with Mr. Bub, but I certainly wish him and his family well and hope he recovers soon.
It’s funny tho (not “ha-ha” funny) how when someone around your own age gets seriously ill, you start remembering all the unhealthy food you’ve shovelled into your face, all the cigarettes you’ve unwisely smoked and all the hours spent sitting in front of WoW rather than doing something a bit more active…
Blech, I gotta start getting to the gym more often…
There’s an update from Andrew’s wife in that forum thread I linked earlier. She says he’s not having surgery again, but was found to have a pulmonary embolism, which will require at least a year of medication. She says he’s currently stable. Thank goodness.
Flynn and Kannon Kile would like to remind you that if you have a history of heart disease in your family–especially immediate family–you need regular cholesterol screens once you hit your thirties. Doesn’t matter if you’re in great shape and a world-class athlete if your gene pool lets you down and clogs your aorta.
Wow, I missed so much. I was about to say “Hope things go well,” or something like that, but now he’s stable, so I’ll just say “Thank God.” Andrew’s a good guy.
