FRANK LEONARD -- Filling in the blanks on the bucket list, I found it ironic that although I thought of things I’d like to do someday, I had not written them down
The emergency room surgeon said “ we’re going to stop your heart and let it restart .” I had two thoughts: one was a quote from Monty Python; and the other was that I still had things I wanted to do. The IV went in; my brain heard my heart slow down – like the sound a record makes when the turntable is turned off – and then silence. And then, restart and all is good...and I tell myself to write down my bucket list. Let me fill in some blanks. On the medical front, I had the first episode with my heart in 2012. I’d been battling another sinus infection but my heart rate increased so I went to the local clinic – booked in, waited my turn, and then told the Doctor my heart seemed fast and I was short of breath. Boom – all hell broke loose. Ambulances arrived and during trip to the hospital the paramedic kept reporting ahead for our arrival with ‘ he’s the Mayor, and he’s 58 .’ – neither of which I thought was ...