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Finally he was seen by Dr. Martin, a pulmonologist, who observed Matthew's behavior, then took Matthew away for ten minutes. When he came back he said
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<q>I'm going to be blunt," </q> he told the Nelsons, according to Jason's recollection. "<q>Your son does not have asthma. He's had a heart attack and is in heart failure, and he's going to have surgery within 24 hours." </q> Matthew had "<q>cardiac asthma," </q> wheezing associated with heart failure. The seizure he'd had during circumcision was actually a heart attack. Martin explained that a team was en route to whisk the baby to Children's Hospital, where Richard Jonas, the cardiothoracic pediatric surgeon who had operated on Martin's nephew for the same problem, would try to save the baby's life.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Parents' perseverence helps in diagnosis of baby's rare malady
|url=https://www.cirp.org/news/2008/2008-12-22_stamfordadvocate.php
Baby Matthew was not a candidate for surgery, however he had it anyway.
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