Tuesday, September 06, 2011

The heart of the matter

During our dinner stop at Wendy's, we ran into Grace and Rick who were having a fast food dinner as well. When I asked Grace how come she wasn't able to join us last weekend, and why she looked thinner than usual, she told us that she'd been sick. And more than that, she had a scare that weekend.

For the first time, she passed out. And she can't remember how it happened. All she could recall was going back to her room after fixing an afternoon snack. Then suddenly, everything went black and she could only hear the faint voice of Rick in the darkness. But thankfully, after a few minutes, she regained consciousness and simply wondered what happened.

According to Tito Fidel, her dad who's a former doctor, it might have been a heart murmur that caused it. Her current physician seconded this observation.

Heart matters are scary. For everyone. And for me. Especially since Lolo Iking passed away due to two heart ailments: his physical heart weakness, and his broken heart from the death of Lola Dita. Some of us in the family have minor heart concerns like Floppy Mitral Valve, Premature Atrial Contraction and Arrhythmia. (The last one is what Grace's doctor suspects her of having.) So I think it's really important to pay heed to one's heart, especially when one starts to grow older. (As in our case. Yikes!)

I'm glad that Grace is well and good now. And I'm glad she's really taking time out to have her heart checked to see if anything is wrong. At this day and age, it's better to be safe than sorry.

And did I say that we were talking about these heart concerns while digging into biggie fries? Classic! Hahaha.

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