Hi, my name is Enrique Altuve, 47 years old healthy and active person.

A father of two healthy and beautiful kids, I eat very healthily and work out 5 to 6 weeks.

In December I move from Sarasota to a job opportunity in West palm beach to be close to my kids,

On May 3 it was a normal day off, I had 5 months on my new job, and I was in the Gym, when a had my first heart attack, I couldn’t breathe, so I stop my workout thinking that was a muscle. The pain in my chest and my back were very strong, I drive like 2 miles two my sister's house and she took me to the hospital. At the hospital, they told me I was having a heart attack, so the doctor put me to steam and told me I had my arteries blocked, I was having a massive, 100% right-coronary artery (RCA) blockage, that he was going to do open heart surgery on May 10 because my heart was to stress out. He schedule the Surgery for 2 pm, But on May 10 at 4 am a had a massive heart attack, and they had to put me in surgery right away. They put 4 bypasses on my heart, I was a miracle.

I was In intense care for over two weeks.

At work I couldn’t recibe short-term disability because I wasn’t eligible, I had only 5 months at work I needed to be 6 months to be eligible for short-term disability., my recovery is slow, but I had a faith and go attitude that will overcome this.

On top of the immense hospital bill and consistent purchases of medication needed, visits to the cardiologist have just begun. I'm grateful for still being here. It is a blessing. And now the stinging reality of how financially devastating something like this is beginning to set in. I am still recovering, trying to get back to my daily living routine. I have been out of work; the last thing I want to worry about is the bills that are flowing in. 

On top of the immense hospital bill and consistent purchases of medication needed, visits to the cardiologist have just begun. I'm grateful for still being here. It is a blessing. And now the stinging reality of how financially devastating something like this is beginning to set in. I am still recovering, trying to get back to my daily living routine. I have been out of work; the last thing I want to worry about is the bills that are flowing in. 

I do not like asking I’ve always been self-sufficient it’s embarrassing plus the stress is debilitating in itself.