Kenny May is a walking miracle.

Those who don’t believe in miracles need only to look his way.

May had open-heart surgery in June 2008. He didn’t even know he was sick until he got better.

“I’m a lucky guy. I’m a bless guy because I’m walking around as a miracle,” May said.

He went to the doctor with what he thought was bad indigestion.

“They did a stress test and I didn’t last long at all,” he said. “I was told to go back on Friday for a heart cauterization and the doctor wouldn’t let me go home. I told the doctor I had a meeting in Orlando that I had to make. He told me that was a meeting I wouldn’t make.”

May was scheduled for open-heart surgery the next day. The surgery lasted six hours. He had seven bypasses.

“Dr. Stephen Kwan was my doctor and he said I was lucky, real lucky,” May said. “There had been no damage to the heart muscles but the arteries were all clogged up. He said it was possible – really probably – that, in 30 days, I would have had a massive heart attack and died if I had not had the surgery. I had a close call and I’m a believer in what heart surgeons and the Lord can do.”

May got along extremely well following his surgery.

“I was up walking on Sunday and was on the cell phone on Monday doing business,” he said. “I didn’t have any pain or discomfort – not a nickel’s worth.

“I got to go home on Wednesday and that was my birthday and that was about the best birthday present I ever got,” he said. “I got along so good. I was up and doing what I wanted to do in a couple of weeks, except drive. I could have done that but the doctor said not to drive so I didn’t.”

Kenny May is a walking miracle and he knows it. He’s living proof that miracles do happen and more often than anyone might think.“We don’t know how many lives, like mine, are saved every day in operating rooms,” he said. “They have come such a long with open-heart surgery and they are saving a lot of lives. Mine was one of them.”

“A lot of lives are also being saved through research and education. That’s why it’s important to support fundraisers for the Pike County Heart Walk and the American Heart Association. The Good Lord gives doctors and nurses the skills they need to perform these medical miracles. I’m living proof that He was looking after me.”

The Pike County Heart Association’s annual Red Cap Survivors Breakfast will be at 8 a.m. Saturday at Park Memorial’s Family Life Center. All survivors of heart disease and stroke are invited. Reservations are not required.

The 2016 Pike County Heart Walk will be from 5 until 8 p.m., Thursday, February 18 at the Troy Recreation Center. Everyone is invited to participate. There will be food, entertainment and activities for the children.