After Rick's exciting visit to Yuma Regional, all is well, he was in the hospital for 2 nights, nothing was found that was any different after another angiogram, so no idea why the cardiac emzynes were rising. Oh well....
So, as of April 1, we'll be on our way to Massachusetts to work for the summer of 2010. Will post more on that later.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
another trip to the cath lab :(
What a way to start the new year!!! On Thursday morning (1-7), Rick woke me up by breathing funny, like he was having a bad dream and running, snoring along the way. Couldn't get him to stop snoring, turned back over with my pillow over my head, and all of a sudden, WHOA, I couldn't wake him up!!! My nightmare of nightmares!!! I jumped up and checked his sugar, WAY LOW, tried again to wake him, ran to the fridge to get the emergency shot, mixed it and gave it to him, he didn't even flinch, and his muscles were seizing up. Can you say Diabetic Coma!???
Gave the emergency shot and waited about 10 mintues, still no response, so dialed good ole 911 and got the ambulance rolling. By the time they FINALLY arrived, 20 minutes and another phone call has passed. I had called a neighbor to have them go to the gate and let the ambulance in, his wife came over to see if she could help, and Rick was starting to respond to me now. Very very scary!!! He still couldn't talk, but could listen and respond slightly to my talking to him, telling him everything was fine, etc. EMT finally got in to him, got him sitting up and wham, major nausea hit him, side effect of the emergency shot. Another 2o minutes later and they had him walk out to the gurney, and put him in the ambulance, and he didn't dare protest, I'd of killed him. Those of you that keep up with this blog know that last year after having an ambulance respond, he refused to go to the Casa Grande hospital and Medicare in their infinite wisdom deemed the ambulance "medically unnecessary" since he wasn't transported, so he knew he was going this time.
Arrive at Yuma Regional, where the ER doctor and staff quickly got Rick stabilized and ran lots of blood test, one being for heart attack emzynes. Lo and Behold, it came back elevated, so they decided to admit him for observation and keep an eye on those levels.
This morning Rick was ready to leave with or without doctors blessing when they finally came in and told him what was going on, the emzynes kept rising, not a good thing. They did arranaged for him to have another visit to the cath lab (#15) and thankfully nothing showed up that would be causing the emzymes to rise. No stent was inserted, and all looked just fine, so it is one of those medical mysteries why the emzyne keeps rising. Oh Well, so if everything goes as planned tonight and he behaves himself, he should be able to come home tomorrow, a few blood cells lighter (testing every couple of hours) and continue on with life.
Just another great adventure in the life of the Rick and Pam Show!!!!!
Gave the emergency shot and waited about 10 mintues, still no response, so dialed good ole 911 and got the ambulance rolling. By the time they FINALLY arrived, 20 minutes and another phone call has passed. I had called a neighbor to have them go to the gate and let the ambulance in, his wife came over to see if she could help, and Rick was starting to respond to me now. Very very scary!!! He still couldn't talk, but could listen and respond slightly to my talking to him, telling him everything was fine, etc. EMT finally got in to him, got him sitting up and wham, major nausea hit him, side effect of the emergency shot. Another 2o minutes later and they had him walk out to the gurney, and put him in the ambulance, and he didn't dare protest, I'd of killed him. Those of you that keep up with this blog know that last year after having an ambulance respond, he refused to go to the Casa Grande hospital and Medicare in their infinite wisdom deemed the ambulance "medically unnecessary" since he wasn't transported, so he knew he was going this time.
Arrive at Yuma Regional, where the ER doctor and staff quickly got Rick stabilized and ran lots of blood test, one being for heart attack emzynes. Lo and Behold, it came back elevated, so they decided to admit him for observation and keep an eye on those levels.
This morning Rick was ready to leave with or without doctors blessing when they finally came in and told him what was going on, the emzynes kept rising, not a good thing. They did arranaged for him to have another visit to the cath lab (#15) and thankfully nothing showed up that would be causing the emzymes to rise. No stent was inserted, and all looked just fine, so it is one of those medical mysteries why the emzyne keeps rising. Oh Well, so if everything goes as planned tonight and he behaves himself, he should be able to come home tomorrow, a few blood cells lighter (testing every couple of hours) and continue on with life.
Just another great adventure in the life of the Rick and Pam Show!!!!!
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