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Kevin Smith was 'filled with a sense of calm' even as getting treated for massive heart attack

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    "Clerks" filmmaker Kevin Smith says he survived a massive heart attack between sets at a comedy show in California on Sunday evening, and that the near-death experience filled him with a "sense of calm" about his "weird, wonderful" life.

    The 47-year-old half of the comic movie duo "Jay and Silent Bob" appears to have kept his sense of humor, writing on Instagram, "I was trying to do a killer stand-up special this evening but I might've gone to far." wrote in an Instagram post, "I was trying to do a killer standup special this evening but I might've gone too far."

    PHOTO: Actor/director Kevin Smith attends the premiere of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story at the Pantages Theatre, Dec. 10, 2016, in Hollywood, Calif.Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic via Getty Images
    Actor/director Kevin Smith attends the premiere of "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" at the Pantages Theatre, Dec. 10, 2016, in Hollywood, Calif.

    Smith said that after completing the first of two "Kevin Smith Live!" shows at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, he threw up, then "started sweating buckets and my chest felt heavy."

    He said friends immediately called an ambulance and he was rushed to a hospital, where doctors cut into his groin to insert a stent into his blocked left anterior descending artery.

    "The doctor who saved my life told me I had 100% blockage of my LAD artery ( "the Widow-Maker”). If I hadn't canceled the second show to go to the hospital, the Doc said I would’ve died tonight. But for now, I'm still above ground!" Smith wrote in wrote on his post.

    I was trying to do a killer standup special this evening but I might’ve gone too far. After the first show, I felt kinda nauseous. I threw up a little but it didn’t seem to help. Then I started sweating buckets and my chest felt heavy. Turns out I had a massive heart attack. The Doctor who saved my life at the #glendale hospital told me I had 100% blockage of my LAD artery (also known as “the Widow-Maker” because when it goes, you’re a goner). If I hadn’t canceled the second show to go to the hospital, the Doc said I would’ve died tonight. For now, I’m still above ground! But this is what I learned about myself during this crisis: death was always the thing I was most terrified of in life. When the time came, I never imagined I’d ever be able to die with dignity – I assumed I’d die screaming, like my Dad (who lost his life to a massive heart attack). But even as they cut into my groin to slip a stent into the lethal Widow-Maker, I was filled with a sense of calm. I’ve had a great life: loved by parents who raised me to become the individual I am. I’ve had a weird, wonderful career in all sorts of media, amazing friends, the best wife in the world and an incredible daughter who made me a Dad. But as I stared into the infinite, I realized I was relatively content. Yes, I’d miss life as it moved on without me – and I was bummed we weren’t gonna get to make #jayandsilentbobreboot before I shuffled loose the mortal coil. But generally speaking, I was okay with the end, if this was gonna be it. I’ve gotten to do so many cool things and I’ve had so many adventures – how could I be shitty about finally paying the tab. But the good folks at the Glendale hospital had other plans and the expertise to mend me. Total strangers saved my life tonight (as well as my friends @jordanmonsanto & @iamemilydawn, who called the ambulance). This is all a part of my mythology now and I’m sure I’ll be facing some lifestyle changes (maybe it’s time to go Vegan). But the point of this post is to tell you that I faced my greatest fear tonight… and it wasn’t as bad as I’ve always imagined it’d be. I don’t want my life to end but if it ends, I can’t complain. It was such a gift. #KevinSmith

    A post shared by Kevin Smith (@thatkevinsmith) on Feb 26, 2018 at 1:41am PST

    "This is what I learned about myself during this crisis: death was always the thing I was most terrified of in life," wrote Smith, whose father, Donald, died from a massive heart attack in 2003 at the age of 67.

    "But even as they cut into my groin to slip a stent into the lethal Widow-Maker, I was filled with a sense of calm," Smith wrote. "I’ve had a great life: loved by parents who raised me to become the individual I am. I’ve had a weird, wonderful career in all sorts of media, amazing friends, the best wife in the world and an incredible daughter who made me a Dad."

    Smith said he'll have to consider some lifestyle changed, writing, "Maybe it's time to go Vegan."

    "But the point of this post is to tell you I faced my greatest fear tonight … and it wasn't as bad as I've always imagined it'd be," he wrote.

    In addition to "Clerks" and "Jay and Silent Bob" — Smith wrote and directed "Chasing Amy" and "Mallrats," and owns a comic book store featured in the reality television show "Comic Book Men."

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