and the fun isn't over yet!!
I went to the ER onSunday..Not Saturday as suggested..(my bad)
By the time I got there I was so sick they took me straight in.. no waiting room for me
With in 2 hours we knew the problem..Pericardial Effusion SEVERE
they told my dh that they would admit me as soon as there was a room available and in the moring (monday) they would do a cath and test the pressures and remove the fluid. So I sent him home (by now it was about 5pm)
10min later they came running in my room and said that they were taking me then b/c it was too severe too wait and they had called the whole team in to take care of it. Of course I couldn't reach dh..he was gone..so off I went alone
Well they removed the equivalent of 3 coke cans of clear fluid..apparently my heart was so compramised that I would not have made it till monday
They took another Echo in the morning and i still have a moderate effusion.
I was severely dehydrated..my bp was 70/40 and my heart rate was about 125.. I was very very sick
Oh and the pain and discomfort in my diaphram was b/c there was so much fluid around my heart that It pushed my liver into my belly ..and I had (still have) too much fluid in my belly. and it was all pressure from the liver.
I was pretty unstable until last night (Tuesday) and theylet me home today!!
There is no place like HOME!!!
Things are a bit unsure right now.. my surgeon from the MVR is in Baltimore MD.. and my cardiologist and the hosptial I went to is in Hershey PA about 1-1/2 hours apart.
So Hershey won't follow me until MD discharges me.. which would have been today..but I was still in the hospital.
So if the effusion does come back..I will need to have surgery to perform a Cardiac window to allow the fluid out.
But that won't happen cuz I am praying HARD!
I know people go to Hershey PA for the great amusement rides..but that is one ride I dont ever care to be on again
thanks for your thoughts/prayers and concerns.. I am exhausted and this took me about 30min to type.. I will catch up later..praying for all of you
blessings!!
I went to the ER onSunday..Not Saturday as suggested..(my bad)
By the time I got there I was so sick they took me straight in.. no waiting room for me
With in 2 hours we knew the problem..Pericardial Effusion SEVERE
they told my dh that they would admit me as soon as there was a room available and in the moring (monday) they would do a cath and test the pressures and remove the fluid. So I sent him home (by now it was about 5pm)
10min later they came running in my room and said that they were taking me then b/c it was too severe too wait and they had called the whole team in to take care of it. Of course I couldn't reach dh..he was gone..so off I went alone
Well they removed the equivalent of 3 coke cans of clear fluid..apparently my heart was so compramised that I would not have made it till monday
They took another Echo in the morning and i still have a moderate effusion.
I was severely dehydrated..my bp was 70/40 and my heart rate was about 125.. I was very very sick
Oh and the pain and discomfort in my diaphram was b/c there was so much fluid around my heart that It pushed my liver into my belly ..and I had (still have) too much fluid in my belly. and it was all pressure from the liver.
I was pretty unstable until last night (Tuesday) and theylet me home today!!
There is no place like HOME!!!
Things are a bit unsure right now.. my surgeon from the MVR is in Baltimore MD.. and my cardiologist and the hosptial I went to is in Hershey PA about 1-1/2 hours apart.
So Hershey won't follow me until MD discharges me.. which would have been today..but I was still in the hospital.
So if the effusion does come back..I will need to have surgery to perform a Cardiac window to allow the fluid out.
But that won't happen
cuz I am praying HARD!I know people go to Hershey PA for the great amusement rides..but that is one ride I dont ever care to be on again
thanks for your thoughts/prayers and concerns.. I am exhausted and this took me about 30min to type.. I will catch up later..praying for all of you
blessings!!
