Curt Schmidt

[stubbynick]

Dear Sirs,
In case you haven't heard Curt Schmidt had a heart attack this past Tuesday while on his English riding lessons. As of today he is in stable condition at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland ,Ohio. According to his good wife Karen it was a very close call.

Regards,
Jerry Smolik

[trippcor]

Re: Curt Schmidt

Jerry,
Thanks for letting us know. I at least was not aware. We will keep Curt and Karen in our thoughts and prayers.

[PogueMahone]

Re: Curt Schmidt

Please keep us informed.

[stubbynick]

Re: Curt Schmidt

I wasn't sure where to post this info. I wanted to let all the guys he gets involved with ,behind the scenes, know. Please let the moderators and others that do such a good job know. I took it upon myself to share this info. I probably should have shared with all members since Curt has touched all of us one way or another. Please advise or feel free to have someone of authority share the info? Thanks!

Jerry Smolik

[J.H.Berger]

Re: Curt Schmidt

Oh ha! Gute Besserung Kurt!!!!!
I dearly hope he will be better soon!!!!

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: Curt Schmidt

Hi All!

Strange to see a thread in one's own name. :)

A personal thanks for all of the kind thoughts and concerns.

Lo there, do I not see my father.
Lo there, do I not see...
My mother, and my sisters, and my brothers.
Lo there, do I not see...
The line of my people back to the beginning.
Lo, they do not call to me.
They do not yet bid me take my place among them.
In the halls of Valhalla
Where the brave may live forever.

Not all coronary events are heart attacks, although they resemble them.

If I can explain this simply, my conditioned heart has a slower than normal rate (a long QT Interval named after the parts of an EGK wave where the heart builds the bio-electricity for the next firing.)
I was three days into a new prescription that unknowingly acted as a toxin, extending the recharge QT to the point the heart quivers but does not pump.
Unconsciousness follows in less than ten seconds.
Brain damage and death follows several minutes later.

Thanks to persistent EMS/Life Support Team who with no pulse did not give up at the 4th or 5th failed "shock" and max joule setting because I can do only so much myself.

(I was out riding at the time, which makes for a "died with his boots on" story. But the better part is that while they cut off my clothes, they spared my custom boots...)

Oh.. the future. Stop taking the toxic pill solves the problem.

Thanks again to everyone. Appreciatively,

Curt
Just a Scratch Mess

[J.H.Berger]

Re: Curt Schmidt

Oh Mann, das ging ja nochmal gut!!!
Take good care of you. I still want to meet you one day:)

[ACo.]

Re: Curt Schmidt

Herr Schmidt, it's good to hear that all has turned out well. Take good care of yourself.

[Justin Morris]

Re: Curt Schmidt

Glad you are doing good Curt. Will keep you in our prayers. Take it easy for a while, before hopping back on a horse!

[ElizabethClark]

Re: Curt Schmidt

Glad they spared the boots.

Glad the Fates spared you!

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: Curt Schmidt

Hallo!

The gods sometimes spare a warrior whom the Fates have doomed, if his courage prevails.

Curt

[Linkstrap]

Re: Curt Schmidt

Curt, I'm hugely relieved to hear that you're still among us mate!

God Bless.

Kind regards,

[PetePaolillo]

Re: Curt Schmidt

Thanks to persistent EMS/Life Support Team who with no pulse did not give up at the 4th or 5th failed "shock" and max joule setting because I can do only so much myself.

Curt, Glad to hear you are Ok. Thoughts and prayers are with you..... As a Paramedic who has defibrillated patients who have gone into cardiac arrest.....I know the percentages of recovering from an event like that. You are a walking miracle my Friend. Thanks be to God:)

[Johan Steele]

Re: Curt Schmidt

I expect the condition was caused by too much inhalation of gun oil and the excessive mental analysis of period and reproduction firearms... brain made a minor mistake in neural routing when he was comparing two similar weapons.

Glad the heart and brain woke up.

God Bless

[PaulJ]

Re: Curt Schmidt

I don't post on here very often but log on on every day if I can. Even though many of us never meet beyond our 'online world', sometimes people feel 'familiar' through our shared interests etc. I am an admirer of Mr Schmidt's knowledge and very pleasant manner and was just starting to think I'd hadn't seen one of his posts too recently - now we know. It's a shock, but also a great relief at the same time. Mr Schmidt - from the description of your ordeal it seems you are also a very 'cool customer' who has taken this in your stride. Hat's off to you sir!

Best regards