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My Good Friend
Tick. Tick. Tick.
My best friend, Tom, called the other day.
“Hey, Buddy, I had a heart attack,” he said. Not the opening I expected.
On Monday, March 19, 2018, Tom had quadruple bypass surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. He turned 68 on March 7th and two weeks later he was in the emergency room.
It gives one pause.
Of course, I went to visit my best friend once he had been home from the hospital a few days. He has a new drug regimen and an upcoming physical therapy session as soon as his chest healed enough.
Tom is retired. He exercises. He’s was a champion wrestler in college. He did everything right.
One thing he said to me when I visited was, “Someday, I’m going to eat a cheeseburger again.”
“Tom, the burger and cheese are okay. It’s the bun that you’ve got to worry about,” I told him...
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