Mark had a small heart attack

Happy flipping birthday to Tammy, huh? :(

This is the e-mail I sent to family and friends. Sorry if this is a repeat.

Obviously Mark is in the hospital. :( It turns out he had a small heart attack. It was more of what they call a "troponin leak" but abnormal enough that they call it a small heart attack. In order to determine that, they check troponin levels (heart enzymes) every 6 hours. Normal is up to 0.5 and Mark's went to a high of 0.84. His last heart attack he was at 3.6 so it obviously was a small one. His EKG didn't show significant changes so they have decided to keep him here rather than transfer him to a teritary center to run more heart tests.

Mark is still pretty sick, but he has been trying to take his pills. He's been resting a lot as they've given him some antianxiety medication so that helps him sleep. It doesn't help his stomach, but at least he can sleep through it.

By the way, I know some have tried calling the hospital but we've unplugged his phone so he can rest. I do have my cell phone with me on vibrate so if you want to get a hold of us, you can call at ******* and it won't bother Mark. (I don't want to publish it on my blog..sorry!)

I haven't been able to respond to all the e-mails, but I do read them and appreciate them all so much! I wanted to thank those who have sent birthday wishes. It means so much and I needed that so much right now so thank you! Thanks for remembering and thanks so much for the e-mails. It truly, truly means a lot.

Please continue to keep Mark in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you so much for the e-mails, thoughts, prayers and support. (((HUGS)))

I haven't been able to check blogs but I think of you guys! I'll get caught up soon.

Thank you sooooo much for all the support! Love you all!