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...active in the American Federation of Government Employees, eventually becoming president of the chapter representing Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. His former boss, Dick McGarvey, describes him as a "tough negotiator" and as "a good friend." Schroeder was also a leader in the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal society...
...January 1983, Schroeder's busy family life and career were disrupted by a massive heart attack, which seriously damaged his heart muscle and left him crippled with angina, or chest pain. Two months later he underwent double-bypass surgery...
...operation helped relieve his an gina but failed to check the deterioration of his heart; he was forced to retire from his job. Over the next 18 months, his condition continued to deteriorate. In June 1983 he called together some 220 members of the Schroeder clan for a reunion at a local club. Although Schroeder played master of ceremonies and joked with his relatives, the gathering was a kind of farewell party. By this autumn, the once vigorous man was largely bedridden, unable to walk 20 ft. without chest pain and shortness of breath. At night, he would awake gasping...
Ordinarily a man in this condition might be a candidate for a heart transplant, but Schroeder had two strikes against him. First, at 52, he was two years over the age limit set by most heart-transplant centers. Second, like 12 million other Americans, he suffers from diabetes, which is also grounds for disqualification. "If he received a transplant, the antirejection drugs would just throw his diabetes out of control," noted Dr. J.P. Salb, the Schroeders' family physician. It was Salb, along with Schroeder's cardiologist, Dr. Phillip Dawkins, who suggested that he look into the possibility...
...Schroeder's doctors there is much stress ahead as they worry about their patient's survival. DeVries told reporters last week that he will worry for as long as Schroeder lives about the risk of infection, which is a greater problem for diabetics, or about a breakdown in the equipment. "We live on the edge of possible disaster at any time," he said. By applying the lessons learned from Barney Clark, DeVries hopes that certain earlier calamities can be avoided. For example, because Clark's brain seizures were attributed to the sudden increase in blood circulation following...