Jaltemba Sol Ezine, Nayarit Mexico

The band MOST WANTED would like to thank the staff and editors of the jaltemba sol for their continous and unfaltering support and coverage for our local band this year... Without their entertainment calender ,which they provide free, to musicians....there would be a lot of people not knowing where to go for some fun... I also would like to invite people who enjoy reading the free paper or who use its services.... to be free with praise for the editors.... After all...it is a thankless job to have to live here all year and report all... while the rest of us get to go back to work...Hudd

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Dear Friends:

Last Saturday, Doreen and I went to the hot springs with Dan and Lisa and the grandson, Cameron. To compress this story, I'll get right to the point: I felt a severe discomfort in my chest, took a couple of Aspirins and said if no improvement within fifteen minutes we would have to leave. We did that and went immediately to Dr Raoule's office in LaPenita(right next door to Guayabitos where we stay). He did some tests and said that he was suspicious of the results. He contacted Dr. Swindle, a heart specialist in Puerto Vallarta, dispatched me by ambulance to the receiving hospital there immediately and I was forwarded to the San Javier Marina Hospital (which has a fully equipped OR). I had had a heart attack resulting from the complete blockage of one artery. I was able to watch most of the angioplasty procedure on the monitor, at least until my heart stopped. The paddles did the restart, the stents were positioned, a temporary pace maker was attached to ensure the arythmia didn't recur. Two days in the ICU there followed and then two more days at the initial hospital, Amerimed. I was discharged on Wednesday, the 25th and came back to our suite here with no bandages, no pains, and no discomfort.Dr Swindle assures me that now I am considerably better than before as the blockage was of a type that is often lethal. No other constrictions exist, cholesteral is not elevated and was not before, blood pressure is normal and heart beat is fine. We will do followup to try to determine the cause of the arythmia but present thinkng is that it may have been triggered by activities of the Friday and the Saturday.

We were most fortunate to have been where we were when this all happened. The quality of care, the expertise of the practitioners - from the ambulance people to the specialists, the amazing vigilance of the nursing staff were on a level that I have only seen in Rochester, at the Mayo Clinic! Thankfully, we were in Mexico!

There have been so many expressions of concern and support that I must admit it is overwhelming, not to mention - humbling. I am sending this out to assure my friends that there is no need to worry on my behalf, and that my recovery is indeed proof of the blessings that have been bestowed upon me. The recuperative period will last for 6 weeks and by then we hope most of the snow will be gone at home. At that time we will head north.

That's it for now,

Carl

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Alanon Monday at 5:00pm, CoDA Wednesday at 5:00pm, and AA Friday at 6:30pm in San Pancho in the museum on main street, between Galeria Corazon and San Pancho Cafe. Info at devasaya@gmail.com email or 311-258-4243.

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