Jim Birdsell on recovery: ‘Hard to believe’

Jim and Angela Birdsell

North Marion grad Jim Birdsell, grandson of Byron Birdsell, Class of 1947, and great-nephew of Bill Birdsell, Class of 1950, had quadruple bypass heart surgery eight months ago.

Today Jim wrote:

“Feeling awesome. Hard to believe it’s been 8 months.

“It feels so good after heart surgery to start riding bikes again on the trails.”

Jim works out with wife Angela Birdsell at Fairmont General HealthPlex Fitness Center.

Jim is one of Monongah’s Company 10 Volunteer Fire Department members. He works in parts at Leslie Equipment and lives in Millersville, West Virginia.

Jim’s dad is Edwin Birdsell, who grew up on Park Avenue by Mount Calvary cemetery with Jim’s grandparents, Zelda and Byron Birdsell. Byron was a long-time Monongah mailman.