Leela kunjamma and Murali are currently in different hospitals - the former at Thiruvananthapuram and the latter at Kochi - nursing their hearts as each of them had experienced difficulties.
Leela kunjamma (my maasi and the sister immediately younger to my mom - they're five sisters in all), in the recent past has been often complaining of breathlessness and pain in the chest. The family had not given much seriousness to it because the doctor attending her, attributed it to her anxiety based on her mom's(the late Mrs PN Panicker had succumbed to her heart's problems 20 yrs back) experience. Another fact that complicates matters is her mortal fear of hospitals - to cite an example, last week she'd gone for doing the 'treadmill test' but got so flustered by the environment that her BP had risen abnormally and the exercise had to be abandoned and postponed for a later date. Yesterday, she'd experienced difficulties all over again and consequently, was wheeled into the 'coronary care unit' of a hospital. A block has been identified and the doctors would do an angioplasty on her, wherein two stents will be put in place, to bypass it.
Murali Nair, a good friend of mine, was sweating profusely sometime late last night, had experienced pain in the chest and was wheeled into the 'coronary care unit' of a hospital nearby. Soon after, he'd suffered a cardiac arrest and the doctors had revived him - the hospital said that he'd reached there at the correct time! He's fit as a fiddle and works out for a couple of hours daily and I just can't figure out as to what could have gone wrong! It's now come to light that he's been having a persistent problem of a high cholesterol reading. But my sneaky feeling is that it's just about a month that he'd retired from active life and the consequent lull in activity has caused unnecessary pressures on his heart.
I'm sure Leela kunjamma and Murali would come out of their difficult times without much ado and will continue to be amidst us for many, many years. God, please help them to achieve it!
Leela kunjamma (my maasi and the sister immediately younger to my mom - they're five sisters in all), in the recent past has been often complaining of breathlessness and pain in the chest. The family had not given much seriousness to it because the doctor attending her, attributed it to her anxiety based on her mom's(the late Mrs PN Panicker had succumbed to her heart's problems 20 yrs back) experience. Another fact that complicates matters is her mortal fear of hospitals - to cite an example, last week she'd gone for doing the 'treadmill test' but got so flustered by the environment that her BP had risen abnormally and the exercise had to be abandoned and postponed for a later date. Yesterday, she'd experienced difficulties all over again and consequently, was wheeled into the 'coronary care unit' of a hospital. A block has been identified and the doctors would do an angioplasty on her, wherein two stents will be put in place, to bypass it.
Murali Nair, a good friend of mine, was sweating profusely sometime late last night, had experienced pain in the chest and was wheeled into the 'coronary care unit' of a hospital nearby. Soon after, he'd suffered a cardiac arrest and the doctors had revived him - the hospital said that he'd reached there at the correct time! He's fit as a fiddle and works out for a couple of hours daily and I just can't figure out as to what could have gone wrong! It's now come to light that he's been having a persistent problem of a high cholesterol reading. But my sneaky feeling is that it's just about a month that he'd retired from active life and the consequent lull in activity has caused unnecessary pressures on his heart.
I'm sure Leela kunjamma and Murali would come out of their difficult times without much ado and will continue to be amidst us for many, many years. God, please help them to achieve it!
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