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Lonnie Skaggs and his wife, Sue, share a laugh with Bob Penrod, left, during a fundraiser Sunday at Tracy United Methodist Church. Skaggs suffered a massive heart attack during a morning church service on Aug. 3. Firefighters used an automated external defibrillator (AED) to help resuscitate him.
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Skaggs with Dr. Melissa Walton-Shirley.
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Rejoicing after massive heart attack

A shocking start

By GINA KINSLOW
Glasgow Daily Times

“We had a pulse about the time EMS got here. He progressed from there,” Bragg said. “We were just one little link in the chain that saved his life.”

Roy Howard and Eugene Costello with the Barren-Metcalfe Ambulance Service transported Skaggs to T.J. Samson Community Hospital.

Melissa Walton-Shirley, a cardiologist, began administering CPR to Skaggs when he arrived at the hospital emergency room.

“He had a totally blocked circumflex artery,” she said.

Walton-Shirley and Venkata Reddy, also a cardiologist, installed a temporary pacemaker in Skaggs’ chest, plus a balloon pump. Reddy also performed a heart catheterization to open the clogged artery.

Walton-Shirley said if Reddy had not been able to perform the heart catheterization on Skaggs, “I don’t think Lonnie would be with us today. I think the good Lord worked through all of us to try to help save his life.”

Skaggs also suffered from a condition that made it difficult for doctors to wean him from his ventilator. He was transferred to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville to receive treatment for the condition.

“Within two or three days, he was able to come off the ventilator,” she said.

After leaving Vanderbilt, Skaggs spent a week recuperating at Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital in Bowling Green.

Everyone who worked to resuscitate Skaggs wondered if he would suffer any adverse effects since it took 15 to 20 minutes to get him breathing again. The amnesia is the only lasting indication of what he’s been through.

“He has complete amnesia for the whole week,” Walton-Shirley said. “It’s interesting that is the only thing that he lacks. Some parts of that week will come back after a few months, but it is certainly not crucial for his recovery.”

Skaggs returned to church three weeks after his collapse. He recalls not feeling well the morning of the heart attack.

“I had a little bit of hurting in my arms,” he said.

Skaggs said he feels great now.

“I feel as good now as I ever did, but honestly, I get scared. Whenever I have heartburn ... I really get scared. Everybody wants to meet the Lord, but nobody wants to die to meet him.”



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