<$Thursday, April 24, 2008$>
Clear!
| There's a defibrillator on the wall at my office, near the restrooms and water fountain. I've always found it a little morbidly humorous whenever I pass it, and co-workers and I have joked about busting it out on each other. Choking on water that went down the wrong pipe? Here, let me defib you! Everybody stand back! Clear! I just read a scary statistic, though -- that about 900 people die of heart attacks daily. Difibbing jokes aside, heart disease really is something Husband and I both take very seriously. It killed both of our dads, and we're both considered medium-to-high risk for it ourselves. It's one reason we both try so hard to take good care of ourselves and are willing to shell out extra money for healthy foods. We could both do a lot better, though. You can find out your own level of risk at Inside Cardiac Arrest, a new program from St. Jude. I hope you do so. I mean, wow. 900 people a day. I think I'll look at that defibrillator in the hallway with a little more appreciation from now on. Labels: healthy living |
