Hello all,
Just a reminder to all of us that when we go to Vegas don't
overindulge too much. My poor cousin's hubby went on a weekend jaunt
to Vegas, at around 2pm he called her and told her and their 10 year
old son he was having a blast be home tomorrow, two hours later she
gets a call from Mandalay Security to tell her that her husband was
found deceased in his room by housekeeping. R.I.P. Neil Howard
Zimring, a lover of gambling and a lover of Vegas dead of a heart
attack at age 68. This is tragic for his 10 year old son but to those
of us who new Neil, we can say that he was lucky to have passed on
in a city he truly loved.
Safe & happy gambling to all,
Liz
xvp-my cousin's husband died at Mandalay on 11-13
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Hello all,
Just a reminder to all of us that when we go to Vegas don't
overindulge too much. My poor cousin's hubby went on a weekend
jaunt
to Vegas, at around 2pm he called her and told her and their 10
year
old son he was having a blast be home tomorrow, two hours later
she
gets a call from Mandalay Security to tell her that her husband
was
found deceased in his room by housekeeping. R.I.P. Neil Howard
Zimring, a lover of gambling and a lover of Vegas dead of a heart
attack at age 68. This is tragic for his 10 year old son but to
those
of us who new Neil, we can say that he was lucky to have passed
on
in a city he truly loved.
Safe & happy gambling to all,
Liz
If this man fathered a child at age 58, and was partying in Vegas at
age 68, I'd hazard a guess that he had led a full and interesting
life. Better to die while "in action" than while sitting home in
front of the TV.
I would also guess that any advice to "slow down", whether tendered
by his doctor or his family, would have been cheerfully ignored.
Now, that having been said, most heart attacks are an accretion of
symptoms, usually leading up to the final event (the
actual "infarction", or heart attack) over the course of an hour or
more. The point is, if you recognize the onset of a heart attack,
and get yourself to an ambulance/paramedic/hospital immediately, you
have a fighting chance of survival. You cousin's husband took the
natural but fatal step of retiring to his room (since it was now the
middle of the afternoon I assume he was up already) with the onset
of aymptoms. I surmise this, although his fatal event may have been
of the sudden "drop dead" type (in which case he might not have even
been able to make it to a phone).
Anyway, it's something to consider; since every single member of my
family--on BOTH sides--that hasn't died by accident has died of a
stroke or heart attack. I think about what I would do if I was
suffering a heart attack quite a bit. The important thing seems to
be, if you are having a "survivable" heart attack, the initial
symptom(s) may simply be that you feel crappy and want to lie down.
However, this may be the exact wrong thing to do, and you should
learn to recognixe the SPECIFIC kind of "feeling crappy" where the
first thing you should do is pick up the phone and call 911 (or the
hotel operator).
Given that Vegas tends to make us all overstress ourselves, and then
blur our judgment, it's a good idea to realize the effects of that
stress ahead of time and program automatic responses. That said, a
casino may be one of the best places (other than a hospital) to
collapse fro a heart attack. I was at Bally's last winter when a man
keeled over at the crap table. Within thirty seconds, two members of
security had reached him and were giving him CPR. Within two
minutes, a team of EMTs had arrived, and five minutes later, he was
on his way to the hospital.
Anyway, who knows what the medical circumstances regarding your
cousin's husband's death actually were....I guess the best thing to
say is, he died with his boots on, or slot club card inserted, or
whatever, while having a good time, in a place he wanted to be. My
condolences, and good luck and good health to all.