Today at the Arizona state meet legend Ron Johnson after setting a new American Record in the 200 breastroke suffered a severe heart attack in the warm down pool. Thankfully the lifeguards and masters swimmer/physician Kurt Dickson and others we're able to start immediate life support until paramedics arrived and rushed him to the hospital
As of 5pm this evening all I know is that Ron had had regained consciousness, appeared to have not suffered brain damage and was breathing on his own...however he did have 5-6 clogged arteries and was going into immediate open heart surgery.....please send your prayers and thoughts this evening for his recovery....
7pm.....Nancy Kinney called to let us know Ron had come out of surgery and was stable. The major concern right now is that there was a substanial amlunt of damage done to his sternum/rib cage from the CPR-compressions and a fear of possible pneumonia as a consequnce.....Ron's got to be one of the toughest people I've ever met.....I pray he can win this one.
7pm.....Nancy Kinney called to let us know Ron had come out of surgery and was stable. The major concern right now is that there was a substanial amlunt of damage done to his sternum/rib cage from the CPR-compressions and a fear of possible pneumonia as a consequnce.....Ron's got to be one of the toughest people I've ever met.....I pray he can win this one.
