Day Three of My Ninth Life

This past weekend I almost died, again.  Pretty sure I'm on my ninth life by now.  Last Saturday night was a typical weekend night at the lake.  As I was sitting down to dinner with my family and my brother's family, I felt a little strange (insert joke here).  Got up to go in the bathroom just in case I was going to be sick.  Long story short, I collapsed as my blood pressure plummeted from dehydration.  I was pretty out of it.  My wife found me and 911 was called.

The ambulance took me to the closest hospital in Detroit Lakes.  From there I was sent immediately to a hospital in Fargo.  Things didn't look good.  The EMTs shocked my heart most of the 90 mph trip.  I was rushed into surgery upon arrival.  I can't recall the name of the procedure but basically, they ran a scope up through one of my arteries to check my heart.  Heart was all fine but probably still smoldering from the shock treatments.  All turned out okay.  I guess, I just need to make some crucial adjustments to my lifestyle.  I'm sure I'll be getting grief about this every Labor Day until my expiration date.  My advice, drink water and a lot of it.