October 23, 2017, at approximately 1:30 a.m. I woke up with a pounding heart. So hard that I thought my heart was coming out of my chest. So hard that I could not breathe, my head spinning, and felt like I was having a heart attack. I was so sure I was having a heart attack. My husband, my children, and my stepdaughter woke up and they thought I was just having my usual panic attack but I told them that this was different. It felt different. At first, no one was panicking. I told my husband to call 911 and that I felt like I am about to pass…
