See that Picture? That’s Logan sitting in the dentist chair, waiting for his check up to begin (YAY! no cavities!) Now, see where that red “X” is? If I had shifted the camera up just a touch, right where the “X” is you would have instead seen one of those AED units (Portable defibrillators, for a person who is in cardiac arrest) When I first saw it, I assumed it was a First Aid kit, but when I got up from my chair to leave the room for Logan to get his dental X-Ray, I went and looked and it was indeed a portable defibrillator!

At first, i was amused, and a bit confused, but then I remembered how MY heart races when i am the one sitting in that big reclining chair, and how, just becuase My heart is somewhat healthy, does not mean that people, like my father in law who has a very weak and troublesome heart, would not have the same heart increases caused by worry when sitting in that chair. And of course, a heart that has a sudden increase when it is already not at it;s peak behavior is at risk for a heart attack.

I have no seen the AED units in the school, the dental office, the town office, the library and the grocery store. And it makes sense, becuase when someone is having a heart attack, every second matters!