{"id":13633,"date":"2012-05-28T13:28:39","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T20:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=13633"},"modified":"2012-06-26T08:57:17","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T15:57:17","slug":"palmdale-mayor-jimledford-in-icu-after-heart-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/05\/28\/palmdale-mayor-jimledford-in-icu-after-heart-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford in ICU after heart attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Minutes after this speech at the Marine Corps League's 17th Annual Candlelight Ceremony in Lancaster, Ledford suffered a heart attack.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PALMDALE \u2013 Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford, who suffered a heart attack Sunday evening, was previously believed to be in good condition and resting comfortably. However, further testing Monday morning revealed more damage to the heart than originally thought. Ledford is currently in the Intensive Care Unit of Antelope Valley Hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe initial assessment was a little bit optimistic,\u201d said Palmdale Councilman Tom Lackey late Monday morning. \u201cThey were able to determine that the damage to his heart is significant. I\u2019m not sure exactly what that means at this point, but he is still in a critical stage and we\u2019re all worried.\u201d<\/p>\n

As The AV Times reported Sunday<\/a>, Ledford was a guest speaker at the 17th Annual Candlelight Ceremony held at the Lancaster Cemetery, which was presented by Antelope Valley Detachment #930 Marine Corps League.<\/p>\n

Ledford appeared in good spirits. He said he\u2019d come to the Lancaster event to honor his father, who was a career Marine. Ledford also spoke of his duty as a community leader.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s pretty simple as a leader of a community to do your duty, your duty really is showing up for stuff like this,\u201d Ledford said. \u201cThis is what leaders are supposed to be about, leading the community to show their support for veterans.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ledford appeared in good spirits at the ceremony.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After delivering his remarks, Ledford reported feeling light headed, having shortness of breath and experiencing pain in the chest.\u00a0 Some marines, who had some previous medical training and were talking to the Mayor after his remarks, saw that something was not right and quickly called for an ambulance. Ledford was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital.<\/p>\n

At the hospital, Ledford underwent a series of tests that showed blockage in the main artery to the heart.\u00a0 An angioplasty procedure was performed and the Mayor was awake and talking afterwards. Doctors initially felt that the rest of the time would be left monitoring the Mayor to see how he recovered.<\/p>\n

Lackey said he spoke to Ledford\u2019s wife, Rachelle, late Monday morning and was told that the Mayor was still experiencing discomfort. Lackey was visibly emotional as he spoke about hearing the most recent news.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a good man, and having had family members go through this I know what it entails,\u201d Lackey said. \u201cYou hate to see good people facing life threatening situations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lackey said he had visited Ledford at the hospital Sunday night, and even then, Ledford was thinking of others before himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe entire time I witnessed him, he was not expressing how he was feeling other than the fact that he was apologizing,\u201d Lackey said. \u201cSo that shows you what kind of man he is.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has been my political ally and friend for more than 20 years, so to hear something that shocking about a person that really is a picture of health, it was alarming,\u201d said close friend Sandy Corrales-Eneix. \u201cIt\u2019s been a tough year for our Palmdale political family, with Patricia Shaw and now with the Mayor\u2026 it hurt me and it hit me especially hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOn a scale of 1 to 10, the heart attack was a 7.5,\u201d said Lackey in a City news release. \u201cFor the next three days it is very important that the Mayor gets plenty of rest and builds up his strength.\u201d<\/p>\n

The AV Times will bring you more information on the Mayor\u2019s condition as it becomes available.<\/p>\n

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PALMDALE \u2013 Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford, who suffered a heart attack Sunday evening, was previously believed to be in good condition and resting comfortably. However, further testing Monday morning revealed more damage to the heart than originally thought. Ledford is currently in the Intensive Care Unit of Antelope Valley Hospital. \u201cThe initial assessment was a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}