Healing Hearts:
A NEW HYBRID SUITE FOR STRAUB
Lehneer Tactacan at the Beautiful Survivors Fashion Show.
IN 2009, LEHNEER TACTACAN WAS AT JIU JITSU PRACTICE WHEN HE STARTED
TO FEEL DIZZY. HE THOUGHT HE HAD JUST OVEREXERTED HIMSELF. BUT
cardiologists and the rest of the team,”
he said. “I knew that if I went to Straub, I
SOON, THE CARDIAC NURSE WAS SO NAUSEATED THAT HE WENT TO THE would be well taken care of.”
BATHROOM, FELL FORWARD AND HIT HIS HEAD. MOMENTS LATER, LEHNEER His situation was serious. Dr. Wesley Kai, an
FELT HIS LEFT CHEST AND SHOULDER START TO CRAMP. HE KNEW HE HAD TO interventional cardiologist, took Lehneer
GET TO A HOSPITAL. HE WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK. for surgery. The team began to clear a 100
“I knew what was happening, but the
situation was so surreal,” Lehneer said. “I
was only 38 years old, and all I could think
about was my wife having to raise our kids
straight to the cardiac catheterization lab
percent blockage in one of his arteries.
After the procedure, Lehneer walked to the
third floor for recovery. Within 15 minutes,
his chest began to cramp again. He was
on her own. And if I didn’t make it, would essentially having another heart attack.
my kids be able to remember me?” Lehneer stayed at Straub for two days and
At the time, Lehneer was a cardiac nurse at spent the next three weeks recovering.
Straub Medical Center, so he was relieved
to know the ambulance would be taking
him there.
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“I trusted Straub because I knew the
Now, eight years later, Lehneer is a healthy
father of four and back to practicing jiu
jitsu, thanks to the quality of care at Straub.