Today my father was mowing the lawn all of a sudden his breathing became labored he began to sweat profusely his face turned gray, and he dropped the mower and used both hand to grab his chest he struggled ino the house and refused medical attention,. Mty father takes antacids every night before he goes to sleep then is frequently awakened with chest pains he will then pop additional antacids but they do nothin g to relieve the pain he has been hjaving chest pains for the past week, he once again refused medical attention because he wanted to see if they went away by themselves. was this a heart attack?