Guidant Defibrillators Recalled

Ever since I wrote about how Guidant recalled tens of thousands of implanted defibrillators on my other blog, I’ve been getting comments and emails from people telling me how their grandma/cousin/friend died because their defibrillator malfunctioned and either delivered too strong of a shock or didn’t shock the person’s heart at all during an episode of arrhythmia. And now I’m kind of freaked out because my Dad has a pacemaker, but when I called to ask him what brand it was or if he had received any kind of letter about a recall or anything, he was sort of vague about it. I want to know if he thinks he should be hiring a product liability attorney or gettting in on a class action lawsuit or something. And most importantly, getting the pacemaker replaced if it was made by Guidant! It’s hard not to worry.