letter to nurses: "Angels disguised as nurses"

Titled: Angels disguised as nurses

Hello,

I stumbled onto this website. I suffered two heart attacks in January of 2003. On 1/13, I suffered a mild one at my home, and was placed in the CCU unit of St. Josephs Medical Center in Stockton, Ca. On the morning of 1/16, I suffered a major heart attack, and because two nurses did their job, I am here today to tell you. I owe them everything. They motivated me to a great recovery. After they saved my life, I eventually had four stents put in over the next eight months. I failed five stress tests over that time, and last August, it was determined that I needed multiple by-pass surgery. I want to tell you that I have never felt better in my life. I have lost 165 lbs since my nurse weighed me in January of 2003. I have gone from a size 48 pants to a size 32. I am 58 and feel like I am 28. I have taught World History and coached football and softball at Linden High School the past 36 years. This last month, my softball team won the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV title and we finished ranked #3 in the state. I was selected as the state of California's small school softball 'Coach of the Year'

I owe everything to those two nurses. I still find myself going by the hospital and saying hello to them. I really believe that god worked through them to give me a second chance. God bless you people in the nursing profession. I will never ever be able to repay what they did for me.

Thank you,

Mark Miller
Linden, California