5 Questions I Asked After Two Heart Attacks

Photos courtesy of Lentheus Chaney February is national Heart Month As the surgical technician rolled my hospital bed into the frigid operating room, my uneasiness grew, and my mind raced with questions about how and why this was happening again. Within a four-month period, doctors placed four stents to restore proper blood flow to my heart. This procedure was more intense than the previous; this time my right arm felt like it was on fire, and I could feel the heart catheter inching its way from my right wrist to the left side of my chest. All I could do was lie still and pray to survive this unexpected diagnosis of heart disease. Although death rates within the county I was living in were improving, it didn’t make me feel any better. My cardiologist could not explain why I had experienced another cardiac event in such a short time. The uncertainty took an emotional toll on me, making it difficult to sleep for fear of not waking up. A week later, I received a sign from God. I stumbled upon actor Malik Yoba being interviewed on a& radio show. He spoke about his quadruple bypass heart surgery and mentioned having...