SOUTH PORTLAND — City Councilor Brad Fox is counting himself fortunate after having a mild heart attack and being admitted to Maine Medical Center in Portland on Wednesday evening.
Fox, who is 69, is scheduled to have quadruple bypass surgery sometime next week after undergoing a variety of tests that found four blocked arteries, the city councilor said in a phone interview Friday afternoon.
“I’m feeling really lucky,” Fox said. “I’m glad they will be able to fix it.”
A retired school administrator, Fox had experienced intermittent chest and abdominal pain over the last two weeks, first while walking his dog, then even while resting. Other possible causes were considered before a blood test finally detected enzymes indicating that his heart was in distress.
Fox, who has survived two bouts of cancer, said he expects to be in the hospital until he has surgery and for several days afterward.
He has served two years of a three-year term as District 5 councilor, during which time he has ruffled some feathers at City Hall and in the community by pushing controversial proposals and contradicting common practices.
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