Heart. Broken.
My father's heart stopped beating last Tuesday night. He was at the gym and went into cardiac arrest - from what I understand, he stopped breathing. He had no pulse.
A police officer happened to be working out next to him. He immediately performed CPR and saved his life. The health club had a defibrillator and saved his life. Some kind soul called 911 and saved his life.
My father is a very lucky man. But his heart is broken, and so is mine.
Do me a favor: Learn CPR. Please. You never know when you'll save a life.
Oh no! Thank goodness the person next to him knew CPR. And I hope your dad is doing better today.
You've inspired me to refresh my CPR knowledge. I recently took a clas in infant CPR, but need to review the adult version.
Posted by: jess | Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 02:07 PM
Thank god he is fine...
hope everything is okay..
Take care sweety..
Posted by: Sue | Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 02:41 PM
So glad to hear that he's okay. What an amazing turn of events.
Posted by: Motherhood Uncensored | Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 03:23 PM
Oh, I'm so sorry. Heart stuff is very scary, but much of it can be fixed. I hope that's the case with your dad!
Posted by: margalit | Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 03:33 PM
I'm so glad to hear he's doing better now. So scary! Someone was smiling on him that day.
Posted by: Chicky Chicky Baby | Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 03:45 PM
Thanks to God that he is okay. My dad had been in the same situation. I am glad I keep up my CPR. If you need anything at all just yell.
Posted by: Erin | Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 05:08 PM
So happy to hear that he is okay. Thinking of you. xo
Posted by: whoorl | Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 06:31 PM
Oh my goodness. I'm so glad he is okay. I
Posted by: lissa | Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 09:08 PM
Oh, how scary. I'm so glad that he is OK.
Posted by: rima | Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 09:43 PM
If there was ever a reason to learn CPR, this is it. What a scary experience. This must be so stressful for you. I'm glad that he is OK.
Posted by: Neil | Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 11:44 PM
So glad to hear he is ok. I feel for you being so far away from him. Those defibrillator's are in more places and saving more lives. You have inspired me to sign up for the next CPR class they have at work.
Posted by: Lynn | Friday, April 25, 2008 at 07:27 AM
Wow, how incredible the power of timing. I am so sorry you and your family had to go through that experience but I am glad things are better now. Keep us posted on his progress!
Posted by: Meredith | Friday, April 25, 2008 at 02:06 PM
I'm so sorry to read this but so glad to see that he is still with you! Thank goodness for all those who were around him!
Posted by: Fairly Odd Mother | Friday, April 25, 2008 at 09:54 PM
Wow! Glad to hear that he is okay.
Posted by: landismom | Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 05:41 PM
I stumbled across your blog a few days ago and have been reading it ever since. I just caught up to this one now, or I would have posted a comment sooner. So glad to hear your father is OK. I can imagine how terrifying that must have been. :: hugs ::
Posted by: Lani | Friday, May 02, 2008 at 03:51 PM
Thanks everyone! Everybody in Miami is doing fine. It was a terrifying moment for me and him; now, I want to take CPR classes before he come back to the gym.
Posted by: Paula | Sunday, May 04, 2008 at 06:06 PM