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My wife passed away just over 3 years ago.  I have no useful advice i can give you.
Poor Priscilla had to bury Elvis, her grandson and now Lisa Marie…she’s been through so much >

And Elvis's birthday was just January 8th >

I was actually at Graceland for Elvis' birthday and Lisa Marie was there and spoke for about a minute. It's surreal right now. >

TMZ reported earlier that Danny Keough (her ex husband), they apparently had been living together for a while, got home from taking the kids to school and performed CPR until paramedics arrived. Glad the kids weren't there to see their mother like that. >

Reading this and thinking back at what happened to NFL player Demar Hamlin last week with how lucky he was that medical staff was able to immediately give him CPR. It was like the "best" place to have a cardiac arrest. >

Your chances of surviving an out of hospital cardiac arrest without immediate defibrillation are quite low. Damar Hamlin was very lucky he was at an arena with an aed and medical staff. It makes all the difference. Who knows how long Lisa Marie was down without a pulse before she was discovered. >

Welp, time to sign up for CPR classes.  
Thanks for sharing. >

My work makes me take first aid every year and I have always rolled my eyes and said "whatever". It saved my wife's life. >

Glad to hear she's fine. Are there any long term effects after the cardiac arrest or things you guys have to look out for now after she got out of hospital? >

Lots of anoxic brain damage. She had to relearn everything. Walking, talking, eating, etc. It has been like watching her go from an infant to herself again. Now she's back to being smarter than me and about 80-90% of her former self!
She has an ICD so if she has another event it should defibrillate her almost immediately. The device sends her cardiologists a report every night. >

My husband has an ICD, had a cardiac event at 38. He is going to be 52 in a few days and has only got stronger over the years. It gets better, I wish you and your wife all the best in life 💓 >

She was just at the Golden Globes the other night. Shocking how sudden this was. >

Yeah but she did not look well or sound well. >

A lot of people who suffer heart attacks unknowingly have serious partial blockages in their coronary arteries prior to the attack actually happening. My dad had a 99% occlusion of his descending coronary artery and he thought he just had heartburn. All tests were normal until they decided to take him to the cath lab just in case because of our family history, and found a blockage that 1% more would have almost certainly killed him. He got lucky, a lot of folks do not and they don’t find it until it’s too late. >

Yeah, my dad. “I’m going sit in the living room, I can’t sleep because of my heart burn.” Found him dead the next morning. That’s over 20 years ago and it has had a great impact on our lives. My mother “died” with him that morning. The screams still haunt me. >

I’m sorry you had to go through that, it’s just so traumatic to find a loved one like that. I was a 911 dispatcher for 6 years, and the screams still ring in my ears sometimes, I know exactly what you mean. The grief wail is a sound you can never really unhear. >

Our local PD had a weekly 10-week program where you got to see all aspects of the department. I never realized how hardcore being a 911 dispatcher must be, before that. 
Respect. >

I found my mom cold in the morning and the dispatcher scolded me for crying when I called. The police officer I submitted the death certificate application to was super uncaring. The doctor that came just saw my mom for a quick second, said she’s dead and requested her medication for recycling.
I know all of them see dead people regularly, so they are totally dispassionate, but at that moment I wished they could experience it personally. >

The worst thing about this is being scolded for crying. Of course you were crying. I’m sorry you had to experience that. >

Sadly, it could have been worse.  Former chief in my town tazed a guy for becoming hysterical after finding his mother dead. >

In addition to her children, I feel so sorry for her mother, Priscilla Presley. Terrible when your child dies before you. As Lisa Marie knew as well. >


In September, Presley wrote an essay for National Grief Awareness Day, in which she opened up about the loss of her son.
My and my three daughters' lives as we knew it were completely detonated and destroyed by his death. We live in this every. Single. Day," she wrote. "Grief is something you will have to carry with you for the rest of your life, in spite of what certain people or our culture wants us to believe. You do not 'get over it,' you do not 'move on,' period."

Thats hard. I lost my Dad recently and was completely ambushed by grief and mourning, it really is a son of a bitch. RIP Lisa >

My wife died suddenly in December, and despite it being my literal worst nightmare, it's still worse than I ever imagined it would be.