Heart–Warming Stories Of Life–Saving Care

	What Started Out as Heartburn Turned Out to be a Heart Attack: “My heart just blew out one day,” says Jim Goertzen, a trim, fit, 56-year-old. “You can’t tell anything by looking.” Jim and his wife went out for Thai food one night last August. Afterwards, he got a terrific case of “heartburn.” His “heartburn” continued for three days – no arm numbness, no nausea, and no reason to think about a heart problem.
	Mark Terrell “Both of my parents died in their 50s of heart problems. I had been gaining weight, and my two beautiful daughters looked at me and said, ‘Dad! Do something!’ I mentioned this to a friend and his response was, ‘Gosh, guys our age are dying – you should get checked out!’ And so I did.”
	My Life is No Longer Controlled by an Addiction: Doug Roberts was a two-pack a day smoker for 26 years. Doug tried everything, including hypnosis, to stop smoking. After going through the tobacco dependence program at St. Helena's Center for Health, he not only kicked his habit, he was so grateful he donated $100,000 to the Center to help others stop smoking!
	The Afterlife of Debra Miller: Debra Miller, a 36-year-old marathon runner and a new bride, collapsed with a pulmonary embolism on the first day of her honeymoon in the Napa Valley. With no vital signs, she was rushed to St. Helena Hospital's Emergency Care Center, diagnosed, and underwent life-saving surgery. Today a healthy Debra is continuing her law career and is the new mother of two baby girls!
	Super Glue for the Heart and Another Chance at Life: St. Helena Hospital's Cardiac Center was a lifesaver for two men who were flown in by helicopter for emergency surgery on separate occasions in 2003. Mark Shuey and James Shawgo were each diagnosed with serious cardiac conditions at Ukiah Valley Medical Center and transported to the Joseph Phelps Vineyards Heliport at St. Helena Hospital.