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 don’t believe a word of this. You really just bought a Samsung, loved it, and now you can’t face us :)
Get well buddy.
Prayers gong up right now for a good outcome. May God be with your doctors and nurses. Let us know the outcome when you can.
In many cities where there are multiple hospitals, one is usually the trauma center and the other is more of a community hospital. It has to do with funding from the state and Feds.
I work in the community hospital. We have people showing up with chest pains every day. We stabilize the, and send them out to the guys down the street.
Prayers up, and get healthy, my friend.
Smart, smart man keeping an RN handy.
Prayers for a quick recovery.
Prayers.
Good luck.
My our Lord’s hand be on all those attending to your procedure. God bless and sustain you through this time.
Prayers inbound, bubba.
Hope ya get to feeling better soon. I know we go back-n-forth a bit, but I wish you no ill will.
Godspeed with your surgery and recovery. d:^)
Praying for you.
Prayers!
Lord Jesus Christ, our Healer and Savior, heal Thy servant from all illness, guard him from all unnecessary medicine, and guide the doctors in their work.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, amen.
Prayers are on the way, Swordmaker.
Be strong and steadfast; have no fear or dread of them, for it is the LORD,
your God, who marches with you;
He will never fail you or forsake you.
Deuteronomy 31:6
Prayers are extended for the Apple Guru of FR who even finds a way to Freep in the Cath Lab.
Prayers for you
I’ve had two heart reconstructions 11 months apart
And four looksee cathetrizations
Even if it’s a bypass it’s extremely high success rate
But it hurts
Dilaudid is your pal
So is mobility asap
Good luck
Prayers up.
I’ve had an angiogram, it was a very straightforward and painless procedure. Was out of the hospital the next day.
I hope yours is the same.
Prayers up my FRiend.
I prayed for you, swordmakaer.
Prayers for you, Swordmaker. I pray they are able to fix you up better than new and you are able to have a healthy, unrestricted future.
How frightening all this must have been. I prayed for you. God bless.
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