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Wayne Gebelein, 46, still plays lacrosse on
the 35-and-over league. He’s just not ready
to move up to the 45-and-over crowd.
“
I’m a competitive guy,” he says. “I feel
like I can do anything.”
But he knows that attitude can override
his better judgment. In 2011, the Severna
Park resident felt chest pains while
moving some boxes. Although his father
and grandfather both had suffered heart
attacks, Gebelein ignored the nagging
evidence until the pain went away. But
when it returned two weeks later, he
called his wife and asked her to make a
doctor’s appointment.
“
She said, ‘Absolutely not! You’re going
right to the hospital,’” he says.
Averting a crisis
“
I was in the emergency room at
AAMC when I went into a full-blown
widow-maker,” recalls Gebelein. “I felt
a sharp pain and thought, ‘I think I’m
having a heart attack.’” The Emergency
Department team immediately transported
him to the cardiac catheterization
Better Together
When a heart attack
threatened to sideline
Wayne Gebelein, he
found care just in time
Chest Pain Center
Nationally Recognized
Should you or a loved one feel chest
pain—a significant sign of an oncoming
heart attack—calling 911 to get immediate
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