i went into the er last night cause my heart rate kept jumping up for no reason. it had been doing that for 5 hours by the time i went in... it would jump up, then after a few minutes go back down. now this has been happening to me off and on for the past few years or so, and maybe into my childhood, but i dont remember that really. anyways, yesterday it was worse than ever. its been progessively getting stronger and more frequent each time it happens.
i didn't want to go to the hospital cause i have had countless drs tell me i was imagining it and that i was having a 'panic attack'. i didnt want to go through that again, esp since i had thomas with me. so... after i talked to rob (who was all the way up in central ms) i decided that i should have it looked at...
i get to the er on base, the lady at the front counter takes my information and they immediately take me back (complain about chest pains, rapid heart beat and difficulty breathing you WILL be seen right then) and start taking my vitals. as i am sitting there answering questions and being looked at like i am completey crazy, my heart starts to accelerate. the nurse isn't sure if shes seeing what shes seeing and writes it off as i was moving, so my hr spiked.
they take me to a room, give me a robe and hook me up to the ekg machine. as the nurse is inserting my iv, it starts up again (this is now 6 times in 30 minutes for me including home and driving in). he looks at the monitor and then at me. i am sitting there comfortable, yet having a hard time getting air, so i get an oxygen tube. cool huh? so as i am having an episode, they turn on the ekg machine to capture it on paper and get it recorded. at that point, i have like 5 personell in my little room, am hooked up to multiple machines and my hr is 198 resting... yet thomas is the center of attention. gotta love that child.
when they can't help me get my heart back to 'normal' it is decided that they need to jump-start my heart. so in comes the heart starting machine seen at bad car accidents and now there are 6 personell there. the head nurse pulls out a syringe and tells me that i am going to feel a wierd feeling... okay, no big deal. another nurse is standing by with another syringe full of saline. okay, strange. so, he sticks in the syringe of 'wierd meds' and before i know it, my heart is stopped and fighting to come back... by 'jumpstart' they meant stop her heart for a second to bring it back to a normal pace. and guess what... the stupid thing didn't work.
so, they just give me a pill to keep my hr low and help to make sure that it doesn't have to work as hard and refer me to the cardiologist. i have no idea whats going on, but at least i am no longer being treated like i am crazy and imagining my heart problems.
will just have to stand-by to stand-by on it... i cant wait to finally figure this all out and get to a semi-normal life again.
that would be just swell!
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