Lauren Scott has the story of a physician who was so busy saving lives, he nearly lost his own. Countless times, Dr. Christopher Leet stood over people whose bodies had taken a beating from heart disease. Then in 1998, something happened that forced him to reevaluate his life and the way he cared for his patients. It was an event years in the making. His wife, Caroline, remembers a man who had been single-minded in the pursuit of professional success, but less mindful of personal well being.
Pictures provide the answer.
By the mid 90's, Leet had ballooned to 260 pounds. You had high blood pressure and you were overweight. But he was only 51 when time ran out at about five o'clock on a March afternoon. But instead of alerting the nurses around him, Dr. Leet drove to his office across the street from the hospital. Once inside, he ran an electrocardiogram on himself.