Steve Good shares his personal relationship with open heart surgery and how The Mayor's physical heart may need repair, but his representation as the heart of Iowa State beats strongly.
A few years back while in the middle of a reception at a conference, I received a call from my father. My father and I speak often, but he normally doesn't call when I'm on the road and busy at work. When I saw his name appear on my phone, I immediately feared that something was wrong. I answered promptly.
In a manor only the calmest and humblest of people can maintain with such news, my father proceeded to tell me that during his annual physical, the doctors had identified extreme blockage to his heart - 95% in two arteries, 75% in two more and 50% in a fifth.