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It's his heart, he's suffering from arrythmia or whatever it's called (the chambers get unsynchronized and his pulse races, despite having a pacemaker since many years). My mother's half hysterical because, well, for starters she's a hysterical woman, but also because she feels he's not realizing he's got a condition, and for once she may have a point there. He keeps on the way he's always done and says there's nothing wrong with him. Not long before he had to take a taxi down to the hospital (in part because my mother started screaming at him), he tried to go do his swim-training as usual, but was forced to give up when his heart started racing when he jumped into the pool.
I feel a bit concerned, I must say.
"But he that hath the steerage of my course,
direct my sail."
-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act One, Scene IV
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Sorry to hear this Lenny. I hope he makes a swift recovery.
There is an Arrhythmia website - http://www.arrhythmia.org - maintained by the St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York, which gives some information about the condition. It is treatable.
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I will check out your link later. Or earlier perhaps, since it is late now and I am unusually tired. I'm not really worried, well, I guess I am, since he is such a damn stubborn fool and always insists nothing is wrong with him even though he might not be feeling well. Why do people do that? I don't understand.  ??
{{{hugs}}}
"But he that hath the steerage of my course,
direct my sail."
-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act One, Scene IV
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And for him too. I hope he gets better. Hope you and your mom are ok too.
{{{HUGS}}}
Think good thoughts,
e
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"Always forgive your enemies...nothing annoys them quite so much." Oscar Wilde
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Safe and sound, I guess. His pulse was around 155-160 yesterday, at least periodically, so they drove him in an ambulance from the local hospital down south to a larger regional one where he got an electrical shock applied that set things right again.
...This time at least. As it's happened twice now in less than a week, who knows when it happens again. Fortunately his pacemaker is about to be replaced later this year, maybe they can get him one of those new-fangled ones with a built-in defibrillator that can stop the atria from beating too fast (as I believe is what he suffers from). His current pacemaker can only regulate the lower speed limit to stop it from beating too slowly.
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I'm glad he is doing better and the difficulties are over, at least for now. Sounds like he really needs a new pacemaker. I hope the one he gets does whatever it is he needs it to.
{{HUGS}}
Think good thoughts,
e
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My dad's in a hospital for the 2nd time in a week... 
Thanks Nick... 
