02/15/2026
A year ago at this time I was preparing to open my new location and…the next thing I know I’m lying on a surgeon’s table making my peace with the good Lord. But, it wasn’t my time to go just yet…A week in the ICU, heart failing, kidneys failing, my heart’s ejection fraction at 15-20. Things were not looking too good. But, I was at peace. I had prepared my soul and my body for such a time as that. And, with the care & prayers of my doctors & nurses, my amazing wife , my 2 daughters, my sister and many others I went home and got back to work…Fast forward to yesterday and my 1 year follow-up with my cardiologist and things are good-my ejection fraction is up to 45, my V02 max index is in the upper 40s, my resting heart is in the 40s, the scar on my right wrist where they went in to my artery to save my life is gone. Was I just lucky? Or was it something else? The decades of training hard 5-6 days a week, eating healthy 95% of the time, supplementing well, trying to rest my mind & body well-it was more about my CHOICES & ACTIONS over many many years…They say everyone has lots of stressors and problems until they lose their health and that is so true. Not much else matters than getting back to being healthy when you are staring death in the face. So I say all of this not to boast but to encourage others to work on themselves as well-to make sure that if and when you might be faced with something like what I went through that you have your soul prepared in case it is your time, but also your body…in case it isn’t😊…Happy ♥️ Day everyone‼️ ❤️
