everyone please read this
 

I am stretching the definitions of what is supposed to be posted here but for good reason.
Today I drove my Z home from the hospital..

Two weeks before my 35 year old son's scheduled wedding day, last Saturday as he arrived back from his bachelor party, and as she was returning from a party with the girls, he was stricken with a major heart attack.

His friend is an Emergency Medical Technician and he worked him with CPR until the Rescue truck arrived. He was rushed to a nearby hospital while they struggled to get his heart beating..It had stopped for at least five minutes but they got it going. I will never forget that frantic phone call from one of their friends at 2 am Sunday morning,...

He has been in the Intensive Care ward with pacemaker, heart pump, ventilator, and various other tubes feeding drugs to keep him alive.

Today I am happy to say, all the devices have been turned off and he is awake and talking..heart is damaged but brain seems okay..

He did not know he had a weak heart and at the party drank at least four Red Bulls..lots and lots of caffeine..he got sick there and collapsed ..

The good news is that he is alive ..his wedding and honeymoon postponed but not cancelled.

I post this so maybe at least one of you younger guys that think nothing can ever touch you will read this and think..I know he always thought he was invincible..he could ski off trail, drink as much as he wanted and so on..He was strong and healthy and never thought it would be him lying in a hospital bed on the day he was to get married....

He seems to be okay but his heart has serious damage..His life is about to change but at least he has a life...

This post is for you young people who think it cant happen to you..it can,..Maybe this post can make a difference to at least on of you..

Thank you for sharing. I wish him a speedy recovery and a long future in his marraige.

You never know when its your time. Life is a ride, make the most of every moment and cherish those you love. I wish you and your family the best.

Thanks for sharing. Best of luck to your son. As bad as it is, at least it wasn't the alternative.

thats why I quit drinking NOS energy drinks right there. Glad your son is okay. Congratulations on the impending marriage as well. Speedy recovery to him

Thanks for sharing...I am glad he got a second chance...

Sorry to hear - best wishes to your family :tiphat: I recently switched from Red Bulls throughout the day to water and the occasional protein shake.

Wow that's really scary glad he made it and I wish him a quick recovery and hope his wedding goes well!

Sorry to hear that man, glad he's ok.
Life is short... sometimes you gotta yoloswag because you never know when you're gonna go and sometimes you have to be cautious and take care of yourself

Glad your son is okay.

But yes, don't mix large amounts caffeine with alcohol (I assume your son was drinking at the party as well), or just large amounts of caffeine.

Here is a good article on this: Why mixing alcohol and caffeine is so deadly

damn I do drink a lot of energy drinks... thanks for sharing. Glad your son is ok!

Thanks for sharing and glad he's ok.

I have cut out the energy drinks and pre workout supplements as well. Nothing is as important as life.

Sorry to hear you had to go through that. Glad your Son is doing better. Thanks for sharing.

Glad to hear he's ok. There is a guy that worked in my building, drank two red bulls a day, collapsed from a heart attack at 46.

Wow... I'm really sorry to hear that, but thank god he's alive and awake!

Thanks for all your well wishes.. He is doing fantastically well..but still no report on the total damage..

Its a hell of a shock...I say again, I would love to know that my post influenced at least one person to realize the unthinkable really can happen..

Best to all!~!

My dad had a heart attack at age 44 and had a full recovery. He had damaged half his heart muscle. Going 5 days a week at the gym, he became as fit as a 29 year old by age 60.

At age 69 25 years later, while 50+ feet in the air limbing a tree he had another attack. He then climbed down, walked up hill, then up three flights of stairs. He called his doctor to say his last words of "I think I over did it." and collapsed. Had he not had the first heart attack he would not have had the second.

I've missed him every day for 19 years. Tell your son he can have it all but maybe tell him about my father just so he realizes he is not bullet proof either.

I am so glad to hear that a father still has his son. Never should the sequence of life occur the in other order.

All the best for you and your family :tiphat:

Thank you for sharing. Glad he is recovering and still planning a wedding.

Thanks for sharing! This younger generation just doesn't understand what mixing energy drinks and alcohol can do to you. A good warning and hopefully a wake up call for others.

I wish you and your family well and here's to wishing for a speedy recovery for your son.





That is a good article. I hope many on here read it.

My rule of thumb is...If a person has to take energy drinks then there is something drasticly wrong with the lifestyle that person has chosen to live by.