"As we were doing the push-ups I got 15 in, and I noticed that it was a lot harder for me to do push-ups than it has ever been," he told WBZ in Boston. "So he hooked me up to the EKG and said 'I’m 99.9 percent certain you’re having a heart attack.'"
Morgan had a blocked artery, but since it was determined that his injury was not sustained in the line of duty, the Army has refused to pay for his treatment, citing results from an earlier blood test.
"My cholesterol was 214…However on the day that I had my heart attack the hospital did a lipid panel and my total cholesterol was down to 185," he explained.
His wife Jaime remarked, "You have a heart attack during a forced, a mandated PT test and then you tell him it’s his fault that he could have had it at home, but he didn’t have it at home he had it, while he was doing push-ups."
Morgan said that dealing with medical bills and his physical condition is as difficult as his deployment to the Middle East, but he’s “cautiously optimistic” as the Army has reopened his case. An Army spokesperson said, "The physical and financial well-being of our soldiers and their families is a top concern for Army and Army Reserve leaders at all levels."
