Heart Stopper by R.J. Samuel

Author:R.J. Samuel [Samuel, R.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: R J Samuel
Published: 2012-02-06T00:00:00+00:00

The clinic in Seattle put her through to her counterpart immediately they heard that she was an electrophysiology technician working at the Fairer Clinic in Galway. It was just coming up to lunchtime in Seattle.

“John Landon here. I had the pleasure of speaking to Daniel Fairer himself a few months ago.” He still sounded pleased.

Priya said, “I’m sorry to trouble you, Mr. Landon. I don’t know if you know that Mr. Fairer passed away two weeks ago.” His shocked exclamation told her he hadn’t heard the news and she continued, “I worked closely with Mr. Fairer and I’m trying to sort out some of the things we were working on in the last few months. I was just wondering if you could fill me in on your conversation with Daniel.”

“Of course, of course. I can’t believe he’s dead. He was so kind to call, I think it was in May, I don’t know how he found out or why he would put himself out to call me after the attack, but he did.”

“The attack?”

“Yes, I suffered a massive cardiac arrest in April 2006. I would have died if I hadn’t been at work when it happened.”

Priya sat down. She had been standing at her living room window watching the evening traffic file past.

She said, “What were you doing when you had the attack?”

“I was carrying out a routine check on a patient with one of your pacemakers. I don’t actually remember much before, just remember coming around after in the ICU. Though I do have vague memories of the ambulance. I explained this to Daniel and he asked for my medical records and I was happy to send him copies. And a description of what I was doing during the check. They should be there by now although I honestly don’t know how long the post would take from here to Ireland. They used a temporary pacemaker and now I have a permanent implanted one.” He laughed. “Talk about empathy with your patients.”

Priya wondered where the medical records were, the post shouldn’t have taken that long.

“Could you email me through the description of what you were doing at the time of your heart attack? The one you posted to Daniel.”

“Sure. I did give all the details to the TechMed rep a few months after the attack. I didn’t hear back from them until they gave us the Controller II upgrade that year. And then there was the software patch a couple of years later. Why all the interest now?”

“I think Daniel was just following a research interest of his.” Priya did not know what to say. She gave him her personal email address.

Priya’s heart was thumping. She got John to confirm the equipment that he used, chatted for a few more minutes about Daniel’s contribution to their field, and then got off the phone. She wondered if John had been as exuberant a person before his brush with death.

She didn’t have to wait long. The email arrived within the hour and she printed it out and studied it.

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