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.
Prayers up from the Lone Star State for a complete recovery for you.
Yep, prayers on the way. You seem to have a lot of mental and I suspect physical energy which should shorten your recup.
Prayers up.
Praying for you, your girlfriend, and your medical care providers.
Prayers! Hope everything goes smoothly.
Get well soon! All the best
Daffy
Prayers and cayenne pepper... please have GF sneak you in some. Research this... Fixes heart problems. Lord bless you and I pray for perfect healing in Christ’s name right NOW.
Prayers for Swordmaker!
Praying!
Prayers Up!
Prayers up, Swordmaker!
Get well soon.
May God be with you and your family and with all who will be involved in your treatment. All glory to the Great Physician!
Prayers for a successful procedure w/o complications, and full healing!
Get back here in one piece, please.
Done!
God bless you and may his peace and healing touch be yours.
Prayers for you bro.
Prayers up indeed! Six years ago I was diagnosed with severe hypertension -- 205/135 after resting on the sofa for an hour -- and I have been on a varying regimen of a number of BP meds ever since. Thank God I didn't need surgery, the meds seem to be doing the trick for me.
I pray that you come through whatever is ahead with flying colors and your usual aplomb!
Please keep us informed. We want to know how you're doing.
May Almighty and Merciful God grant you full recovery and good health, and may He grant you and your GF the strength and peace of mind necessary to come through this passage with clear minds and happy hearts.
Hang in there, good buddy!
-- Dayglored
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