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So Many Visions Lurking at the Hospital

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Sheila's mom went for her daily three mile walk on Wednesday morning but started having chest pains when she was close to the farthest point from the house. With no cellphone in hand, she took a short break to try to catch her breath and in the hope the pain would dissipate but then decided to push forward still feeling pain, tightness and pressure in her chest. She eventually made it home only to collapse in bed in pain.  When there was no change to her condition after a few short minutes, Sheila's dad quickly decided to call for the EMT's.  She spent the day and half the night at our local hospital, still with significant chest pain, until being transferred to the more suitably equipped hospital in Burlington in the middle of the night. She was immediately admitted to the ICU and scheduled for exploratory surgery in the morning.  By morning, her chest pain had subsided considerably but all tests were indicating she had experienced quite a prolonged heart attack due to