Prayer request for Swordmaker who will be undergoing heart cathertization Sunday
Praying for a good outcome and a speedy recovery.
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.
That sounds like it sucks. Good luck and pull through and may the recovery time be short and pain-free.
Prayers up!
Prayer request for Swordmaker who will be undergoing heart cathertization Sunday
Praying for a good outcome and a speedy recovery.
Sending prayers.
“Morphine, an IV nitro drip...” Sorry to hear of a recent health issue. Amazing how you can write like an engineer while dealing with meds. Prayers to St. Raymond of Penafort (d. 1275), the brilliant lawyer in Spain who loved parish work and healing.
Prayers up, old friend!
Sorry to hear that, methinks you’ll be fine, and while you’re out of action, here’s a treat from Thunderbolts:
https://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2017/01/06/natural-pyramids/
So many mysteries, so little time.
Your spirits sound good.
I will say prayers for you.
I would never know to chew four aspirin. Good to have a nurse around!
Prayers for you.
Dear Heavenly Father, We praise Your Holy Name. You are the Great Physician, the Giver of Life and Health. We lift Swordmaker up to you in prayer. We pray for his divine healing. Guide the doctor’s minds and hands during this procedure. We pray for hope and comfort for Swordmaker as well as his family and friends because we know there is Hope in Jesus. . .our only True Hope. In Jesus Name, Amen
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Prayers up for a speedy & complete recovery. Looking for your return as you are one of the “lights” here.
Get well.
Prayers
May the Good Lord protect and Bless you!
FRegards, BullDog
Prayers and good luck.
Prayers and good luck.
Prayers up for complete recovery.
Prayers for you and your family.
Prayers sent Swordmaker.
Look into consuming a cap full of Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar in a glass of water every morning or you can do it at night too. If you get real tollerent, then put a cap full in a coffee cup.
Try drinking Lemon juice in the morning. Do a half or full lemon in a 16oz glass of water.
Look into adding Cayene Pepper to your foods. Ditto pink himalayan salt or celtic sea salt.
Try adding garlic to your diet. You can get oderless capsules.
If you get Vitamin E, then make sure it’s the “mixed tocopherols” and not just the d-Alpha. You want the Beta, the Ghama and the Delta.
Finally, addd Flaxseed oil to your diet and ake some good Fish Oil. For instance, like Nordic and keep it stored in your fridge once you open it.
I’ll be praying for you Swordmaker.
You are a valued member of FR that we would not easily replace.
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