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Originally posted by DigitalAngel126
It's an awful, AWFUL thing, BUT it does happen - - more frequently than people would think. They are MOSTLY preventable - - but not totally..
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There also could have been drug treatment complications. Many of these drugs to reduce the amount of pain and treat infections are also extremely cardiotoxic...
And he was at that age where many of these kinds of complications start--even if he was exercising--he still was a quadropeligiac that probably was unable to do the kinds of exercise that one would normally do if walking/running...
And what he probably had was an underlying genetic disorder that manifests itself when one ages in his family or under extreme duress, which he suffered...
Interestingly, embryonic stem cell therapy could have saved him from the damages caused by cardiac arrest, too. Not just for his spinal cord injury...
Prayers go out to his family...