Posted on 01/07/2017 11:27:36 PM PST by Swordmaker
Friday morning, just after midnight as I was turning off the TV from watch a movie on Netflix, I felt a sudden pressure and pain in the center of my chest. This pain went through my chest to my back and a bit in my left upper arm. There also, for some strange reason an ache in my right elbow, and later radiatingup my back to both side of my rear neck.
I woke my girlfriend who is an RN. She took my blood pressure which is usually normal, but this time was 189/129. The next important number was 911.
My girl friend gave me four aspirin to chew up. Ten minutes later when the EMTs arrived my BP was down to 180/119 and they gave me four more aspirin because their protocols required it be their aspirin. Theirs tasted better. The pain and pressure were not letting up. They started popping nitroglycerin sublingually and that started to help a bit. They transported me to the OR in an ambulance which had completely worn out shocks. It felt like riding in a cart of a wooden roller coaster, there was so much road chatter.
Starting an IV while on the move in all directions must have been fun for EMT Chris, but he did it. I think the driver located every pothole and crack on the way. . . and the roads seemed to be rough between them!
At the ER my EKG looked good but the blood enzymes started low and began to climb with every subsequent draw, from 0.1 to 0.9. . . that showed my heart had experienced something which damaged the cardiac muscle, but the don't know what. These are not super high, but anything at all indicate damage. Over the next several hours, they got the pain and pressure down with morphine, an IV nitro drip, and an anti-coagulation drip. The enzymes are now down to 0.7.
Kept me overnight in ER, then to a regular room for two hours, then transferred to ICU. Today I was transferred to another hospital because although they can do a catheritization at the first hospital to diagnose a problem, they aren't allowed to fix the problem they find there. Seems silly to do it but not be able to do a balloon angioplasty or place a stent.
So tomorrow they're going to cath me and if this hospital find a problem they can fix, fine. Otherwise, I get to be transferred to ANOTHER hospital for bypass surgery. Let's pray that's not necessary, please.
I certainly do hope to hear from you in the next week or so. We all inevitably make the phase change, and she’d our mortal coil for our natural state. Matter cannot be destroyed, nor can intelligence. It merely changes from one state to another, except intelligences carry on the lessons and memories we have.
Personally I believe you still have several more years left. This is just one of many lessons you will learn from. The meaning of mortality and the sure knowledge that mortality is temporary is perhaps one of the lessons. Another will be how much people like me, your family and your girlfriend love you, will be a humbling lesson. I got a similar lesson from liver failure due to infection brought on by gallstones.
I may be wrong, but usually am not. God bless you, and keep you strong through this life lesson.
Jeff
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prayers up
I pray LORD Almighty God, YHWH, in the name of your son Yeshua for Swordmaker. LORD Swordmaker has been precious to many of us here on FR. He is your precious son bought with a price, redeemed by the blood of Jesus. Jesus has bore his sins and by His stripes your child who goes by Sword maker is healed. In His name, LORD, please make Swordmaker perfectly whole. Thank you dear LORD, in Jesus holy name, Amen.
I pray LORD Almighty God, YHWH, in the name of your son Yeshua for Swordmaker. LORD Swordmaker has been precious to many of us here on FR. He is your precious son bought with a price, redeemed by the blood of Jesus. Jesus has bore his sins and by His stripes your child who goes by Sword maker is healed. In His name, LORD, please make Swordmaker perfectly whole. Thank you dear LORD, in Jesus holy name, Amen.
SM, I'm lifting up prayers from these Texas PineyWoods that your procedure and results will be even better than mine!!
When you're back here after surgery, I'll share with you something humorous that happened right in the middle of my surgery... '-)
Be blessed, FRiend!!
Prayers for you, Swordmaker. May God protect you in every way.
Prayers UP, FRiend.
Well, that was macabre.
Let's all *hope* & pray it's not a Shroud Thread.
Errr, at least until "the dead rise first, then we who are left alive shall rise to meet the Lord in the air."
“My girl friend gave me four aspirin to chew up. Ten minutes later when the EMTs arrived my BP was down to 180/119 and they gave me four more aspirin because their protocols required it be their aspirin.”
You can’t make that stuff up...lol. Prayers up for complete healing and restoration, Swordmaker. Thanks for all you do!
Prayers for you recovery.
I just ran across this, so by now hopefully you are post procedure. Keeping you in prayer.
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Prayers up!
Prayers up.
Prayers for a successful treatment.
Prayers up. Speedy recovery!
Prayers.
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You have my prayers. Hopfully you’re resting and all went well today.
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