Eatonville resident & The Mountain News Publisher Bruce Smith
Photo credit: Wall Street Journal
Copyright 2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

Bruce Smith’s amazing story was featured in a Wall Street Journal story titled:
“If You’re Stricken, Minutes Matter, Yet Many Ignore Signs, Delay Treatment”

Smith updated his learnings in these reports on his website The Mountain News:

1. Posted May 2, 2012
“Anatomy of a Heart Attack Survival and Recovery”
” Im in my eighth week of recovery from a heart attack experienced on February 26, 2012. Since then, Ive explored the murky world of aftercare, finding great relief in the Good Samaritan cardiac rehabilitation clinic in South Hill.”
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2. Posted May 6, 2012
– “Anatomy of a heart attack feeling the love”
“When I had my heart attack in February, 2012, I received Cadillac treatment at Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, WA. Within minutes of arriving in their emergency room with severe chest pains, I received a stent to fix a 95% blockage in my circumflex coronary artery. Good Sam saved my life, and they did it with grace and a solid, well-honed professionalism.

However, when I left my aftercare was more akin to a Yugo.”
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Klein has known Bruce Smith for many years and features stories periodically from The Mountain News here on this Blog.