We didn’t just get Bob back in the race,
we ran it with him.
For Bob Showman’s recovery, his Texas Health Neighborhood
Care & Wellness SM Willow Park care team picked up the pace.
And laced up their running shoes.
Running is the art of putting one foot in front of the other, One evening in 2017, about a week before Christmas, a quiet
over and over again, willing yourself to continue on despite evening at home turned ominous when a terrible feeling
any obstacles in your way. Runners understand this, battle came over Bob. He stood up and went to the bedroom
this, and thrive on this. Bob Showman, a runner who has to find his wife, Susan. “I just looked at her and said, ‘I’ve
conquered some significant obstacles with the help of a got chest pains.’” She called 911 and Bob was taken by
health care system dedicated to quality care, lives this. ambulance to a nearby hospital, where it was determined
that he had suffered a heart attack and would need a stent.
A healthy, active man all of his life, Bob got back into Nurses and physicians on the medical staff were at the
the sport of running a few years ago. This 69-year-old ready and worked quickly to treat Bob’s life-threatening
husband and father relished the weekend mornings he condition — one that, luckily, he would outpace.
would spend going into Fort Worth to run alongside
his fellow club members. Matching each other’s paces, It turns out that heart disease had been chasing Bob his
learning to breathe, using correct form, and building whole life, though he had no idea. It wasn’t until after
endurance together are just some of the aspects he Bob’s heart attack that his sister made mention of their
enjoyed. Embracing a healthy and active lifestyle helped own father’s heart attack, revealing a family history that
Bob feel fulfilled, and even led to a second-place finish in Bob had not been aware of before. “I guess you just can’t
his age group in the Fort Worth Marathon in 2016. outrun genetics,” he said.