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The 68 year old man was on the roof cleaning the gutters as part of his normal chores for his home. While upon the roof he felt different due to some slight chest pains. The chest pains were frequent and moving along his left shoulder. After withstanding this pain for about 5-7 minutes he decided to come down. As he was walking in the house he fell to the ground and his wife discovered him shortly after. She rushed him to the emergency room and upon arrival he was unconscious. He had suffered a massive heart attack. His wife describes him as active and no prior history of heart problems or respiratory complications. He underwent triple bypass surgery and is recovering.
The man had suffered from a myocardial infraction. Part of his …show more content…
His mother stayed home while his father worked at a warehouse. He lived in the middle class, so was neither rich nor poor. He was the oldest child of 3 children. He experienced death at a young age when his youngest sister died with little known cause. He remembers it being hard for his mother to cope after the death. She became less loving to the others in an attempt to not become as attached to them. Through the grieving she got a job and left him in charge of the family. After his high school graduation he immediately enlisted in the army. He fought in the Vietnam War and shortly after he settled in Memphis Tennessee with his first wife and they had 3 children together. Arthur experienced death again when his youngest daughter died from an illness at the age of 16. He and his wife separated after this death and he married his second wife who had six children. Collectively they raised 8 children in their home. He worked for Ford Motor Company and she owned her own bakery. They both made enough money to be considered middle-upper …show more content…
Spiritually he can pray to God and pray for his independence back. Since his religion is Christianity, his belief is that there is a God and when you die your spirit leaves your body and it goes to heaven. He should also pray that he finds peace and what has happened and that he doesn't blame God for this terrible heart attack. Physically he can remember that he should not try to go fast and should depend on his wife if he needs something. Oftentimes it is hard for men to recuperate after heart attack because they view the incident as a sign that their manliness has been taken away. Men are naturally dominant creatures so when the dominance is taken away or at some point has to be altered they find it hard to cope with relying on others for things they can do for themselves. Also he should pray to God to find happiness because when you are in the hospital often time’s people aren't happy with their condition. Finding the happiness promote positivity and positivity promotes well-being. It's sort of a cycle a positive mind leads to a positive outcome. Something as simple as changing his thought process and seeing the better side of this condition will help him as a patient. Remembering he is still the man he once was and understanding that he will slowly become that again will in turn help him as well as his family. Relying on God and his family as well as his
The 68 year old man was on the roof cleaning the gutters as part of his normal chores for his home. While upon the roof he felt different due to some slight chest pains. The chest pains were frequent and moving along his left shoulder. After withstanding this pain for about 5-7 minutes he decided to come down. As he was walking in the house he fell to the ground and his wife discovered him shortly after. She rushed him to the emergency room and upon arrival he was unconscious. He had suffered a massive heart attack. His wife describes him as active and no prior history of heart problems or respiratory complications. He underwent triple bypass surgery and is recovering.
The man had suffered from a myocardial infraction. Part of his …show more content…
His mother stayed home while his father worked at a warehouse. He lived in the middle class, so was neither rich nor poor. He was the oldest child of 3 children. He experienced death at a young age when his youngest sister died with little known cause. He remembers it being hard for his mother to cope after the death. She became less loving to the others in an attempt to not become as attached to them. Through the grieving she got a job and left him in charge of the family. After his high school graduation he immediately enlisted in the army. He fought in the Vietnam War and shortly after he settled in Memphis Tennessee with his first wife and they had 3 children together. Arthur experienced death again when his youngest daughter died from an illness at the age of 16. He and his wife separated after this death and he married his second wife who had six children. Collectively they raised 8 children in their home. He worked for Ford Motor Company and she owned her own bakery. They both made enough money to be considered middle-upper …show more content…
Spiritually he can pray to God and pray for his independence back. Since his religion is Christianity, his belief is that there is a God and when you die your spirit leaves your body and it goes to heaven. He should also pray that he finds peace and what has happened and that he doesn't blame God for this terrible heart attack. Physically he can remember that he should not try to go fast and should depend on his wife if he needs something. Oftentimes it is hard for men to recuperate after heart attack because they view the incident as a sign that their manliness has been taken away. Men are naturally dominant creatures so when the dominance is taken away or at some point has to be altered they find it hard to cope with relying on others for things they can do for themselves. Also he should pray to God to find happiness because when you are in the hospital often time’s people aren't happy with their condition. Finding the happiness promote positivity and positivity promotes well-being. It's sort of a cycle a positive mind leads to a positive outcome. Something as simple as changing his thought process and seeing the better side of this condition will help him as a patient. Remembering he is still the man he once was and understanding that he will slowly become that again will in turn help him as well as his family. Relying on God and his family as well as his