Admitted….
Never a dull moment.
Last night after I posted my blog I wasn’t feeling so well. I had bad chest pains. Now, I’ve come to know my body pretty well and these chest pains were different than what I usually get so my mom and I thought it would be best to head to the ER (located literally a minute and a half from the hotel). The chest pains turned out to be just that… pains but, I was kept overnight for observation so the plans have changed up a bit. As you know, I was due back to NYC this evening. Not the case anymore:
The wonderful doctor in charge of my care thought it best that I be admitted to the hospital so I could be monitored closely and (the best part) get all of the tests and procedures that I need done all in one shot. He said it is so much better to do this as an in-patient rather than coming back here for test after test after procedure. I couldn’t agree more. Also, when I am feeling so awful it is a relief to konw that I am under the watchful eye of a heart monitor and nurses all night long. I think I will sleep well tonight. That and i have Thomas to keep me company (he flew out here this afternoon) ! Yay!
I had a weird test today. It is called a right heart cathertization. The doctor goes in with a cath through a vein on the right side of my neck and goes down through my heart to my pulmonary artery to test the pressure in that artery. The doc wanted to rule out something called pulmonary hypertension and GREAT news.. he did! Good thing because there really is no cure for that and it puts tremendous stress on the heart. My pressure is 100% normal! Phew. The test was so odd. I did not feel pain because they gave me a local anesthesia but i did feel pressure and the sensation when he was sending the cath traveling down through my neck to my heart. Yikes so creepy! Good thing I was still feeling a bit of a buzz off the morphine they gave me n the ER because I was able to just deal without getting too nervous. (Sidenote, I complained of a bad headache in the ER and the nurse returned 20 minutes later with.. morphine!! Yes, can you believe? We couldn’t. Turns out, not so good to help a headache but great for a few laughs). After the test I waited for a while to get a bed in the cardiac unit and when I finally got settled in it was probably 8 pm (looooong day). Thomas and Cynthia flew out here which really made my mom and I happy. It brought my spirits up so so much and I feel stronger with a “team” out here. I have not had service the entire night and day so I recently turned my cell phone on only to find many many emails and text messages from all of you. I cannot say enough how much that means to me and seeing those messages brings a big smile to my face.
Some more good news came our way. I will, in fact, be able to get my defib/pacemaker implanted while I am here. The big event is set for Thursday morning. I got to see different models of my new piece of jewelry today and i am so very interested to see how this thing will look once it is inside me! I am also amazed as to how much it should do for my Ticker and I believe it will be the first step to feeling better (even if it’s just sleeping better at night knowing that I am safe). I was thinking about this device and I came up with a great name for it. I am going to call it my Kicker. The Kicker for the Ticker….. I like it!
Ok, almost bed time for me. The nurse gave me some percocet for a headache that would not go away so I am sleepy.
We all say “hi” from the Cleve Clinic
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