'I'm in trouble': A harrowing story from the heart

I was washing the dog on Monday, May 1, when I suddenly felt light-headed and vaguely nauseous, then began to sweat profusely. I sat down on the edge of the tub. I knew something was wrong, but being a guy — and therefore stupid — I sat for five minutes on the bathtub and waited for the feeling to go away.
It didn’t.
So I stood up, told my wife my symptoms, and she said she was driving me to Emergency at Delta Hospital.
I walked up to the ER registration desk, produced my beat-