I was so exhausted last night that at one point I fell asleep with my fingers on the keyboard; when I “woke up” a few seconds later, I had two rows of “llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll” !! I deleted those, but in re-reading the post just now I see a lot of other errors. I’m going to keep them in there to point out how tired I was.
One of the blood tests was to check for a hormone that is present when a person goes into “heart-trouble”. She apparently didn’t have any present. Her heart flutters are persistent yet sporadic, so it stands to reason and Murphy’s Law that she didn’t have any during either EKG, yet she had some before and after. Because she was hooked up to a heart/blood pressure/heart rate monitor, once she told me when she was having them I could see the line dip down each time. I have no idea how to read those things, so I had to wait to match up her telling me to seeing the line-dip. I saw 5 within 4 minutes. Of course, that was while we were waiting for the nurse to come back with the discharge papers.
It’s kind of like false labor…..all the symptoms are there, and you swear it’s time to have the baby, so the doctor is called, the trip to the hospital is made, and your mind is all set to have it…..then you find out it’s not the “real” thing. I guess this is the same thing….Katie is getting more and more tired all the time, her heart flutters are real, and the pressure when she exercises is there; however, it’s not the “real thing” yet, so all the tests are showing a big, fat NO.
It will be interesting to see the results from the coming-up tests. Before the ER visit, I thought for sure Dr. Crespo would look at her heart and say to have the operation without even going home. Now, I’m not so sure. Maybe part of it is the heat, but never having been affected by it before, it’s hard for Katie to tell exactly what’s going on. I think everything is all tied together, but I’ll feel much better once we know something concrete.
God is in control…..I need to learn a little more patience!!!
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