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25.11.07

more ER?

it is cold and rainy and my lips are chapped.
here is the most recent story....

so greg and i went to austin for thanksgiving. i had such a great time. i love my new family. i love dripping springs. i loved thanksgiving- it was a great trip.
we got back friday and i had to work on saturday. at work i started experience the same chest pain that took me to ER on wednesday morning. so my parents told me i should go back to the hospital and we'll figure everything out and stay as long as we have to. my step dad met us there and after I took an EKG they decided to do the "fast track" and took me a trauma room. i was ok but they had seen something on my EKG that caused them some worry so I was given some nitroglycerin (it opens your veins or valves to let blood flow better) and my heartbeat got so fast and crazy- i think that was the most scared i've felt in awhile but there were nurses watching my moniters so i guess everything was ok. i was also giving potassium and after they decided my heart was beating extremely rapidly i was given a beta blocker to slow my heart rate back down. after about 4 hours we saw a cardiologist and he said he didn't think there was anything wrong with my heart but that if i wanted to i could stay over night and they would run some more tests on me. i chose to stay over night and they took my blood to look at my heart enzymes to check on my oxygen levels every three hours or so. staying over night was ok- i was nervous most of the night- i really do think that hospitals make you feel worse than you actually are- but at the same time it's reassuring knowing that someone is watching you and making sure you are healthy. the next day the cardiologist came back and said my heart looked fine and healthy and i was free to go. Good news.
we think my chest pain is being caused by something to do with my esphagous and stomach- so i see a GI sometime this week.
please keep praying!

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