We don't know for sure when his A Fib started- however, it had to be a relatively short amount of time from when it started until he had to have treatment due to the extreme fatigue and shortness of breath due to Congestive Heart Failure/the result of A fib.
We were adult chaperones for a big bunch of middle and high school students tent camped in the beautiful mountains of Colorado for a week at the end of July, in a Church Camp setting. The most amazing experience that we hope to get to go back to sometimes. He had no problems, everything as normal as any of the many other times we had been on the adventure. Anyone that has tent camped in the raw mountains- knows that it is not for the weak.
In November of the same year- is when his symptoms took us to the ER and it all unfolded from there. And here we are- life changed in an instant the day he had 2 Strokes while in ICU. His Cardiologist, my husband and I were at his bedside talking to him. He received TPA and was in Interventional Radiology within an hour. But, that wasn't enough to avoid the life changing effects of 2 strokes...that all started with A. fib.