Sprung from the hospital....

I'm going to go rest now but in brief... Wednesday evening: Go to rest room. Stand up. Have chest pains by left ribs and shoulder. Go lie down on bed. Evaulate pains...definitely not gas. Debate on calling 911 or not. Decide to have Rich drive me to ER. Get to the car and realize I'm very light-headed and don't want to pass out in the car while Rich is driving. Go back towards the house to go back inside and call 911. Pass out cold on the concrete outside the front door, banging head on the building siding (no bumps or headache at all luckily) and manage to only scrape hand. Call 911. Get taken to Fair Oaks Hospital ER. EKG looks fine. CT scan on head shows no injury based on my fall. Get admitted. Get echocardiogram. Stay overnight for stress test the next morning. Get ultrasound of neck (cartoic arteries). Get stress test (apparently part of the stress involved in the test is it taking 5-6 hours as you wait in a wheelchair in the hallways for the cardiologist to be freed up from numerous emergency calls). Doctor tells me my liver enzymes are high. He wants an ultrasound. I tell him my liver enzymes have been running a tad high for a couple of months and I had an abdominal CT scan two months ago. Get to room and eat. Doctor comes in and says he wants ultrasound... liver enzymes aren't a tad high... one is in the mid-300s - CT looks fine but he wants ultrasound. Now that I've eaten, they cannot do one so I get to stay another night. This morning... get ultrasound. Get released. No heart attack. My heart is lovely. Just lovely. No clogs. Nothing to worry about. In fact, my heart recovers really quickly on the stress test - cardiologist is impressed. LOL! Abdominal ultrasound shows nothing wrong. Liver enzymes have dropped since yesterday. I have to follow-up with my primary care physician. The end...

I'm glad you are ok. The board wouldn't be the same if you weren't here. Hope you have an uneventful weekend. Jan

Kathy, In a word "yikes!" It sounds as if you've had the million dollar work-up. Hopefully, your primary care will have all this info and sort thru it. Maybe he/she can put it together to get the "big picture." I hope so for your sake. Rest well today. Take it easy til you see your primary care. On the bright side, your heart is healthy and you didn't seriously injure yourself while passing out. A couple of weeks ago I passed out sitting on the toilet and tipped head first into the tub (small bathroom). Gave myself a bloody nose and a bruised shoulder. I suspect I have some problems with hypoglycemia. Sh**! I know I do and am just having too much other drama in my life to address it. Did the squad do a blood sugar? From your other posts I know you are very knowledgeable about your own health. So I am sure that avenue was looked into. Just a thought. Take care and know that everyone (frequent posters and us lurkers) have you in our thoughts and prayers. Chris

Kathy, So sorry to hear of your medical troubles. I hope your PCP can get this sorted out for you, as it certainly seems like "something" abnormal is going on. Glad to hear you are out of the hospital, though. Please keep us informed. Debra M.

Hey Kathy ~ I'm so glad Rich was there with you. That's some scary stuff. I'm sure you'll get to the bottom of it! Angie

I guess the good news is that indeed your heart is doing great and no abdominal probs??? That was a scary experience though. I'm interested in seeing what the pcp has to say. Hang in there and glad the pain is gone.

Hi Kathy, Wow, what an ordeal ! Glad you are back home and sure you are too. I am praying for you Rich. When it rains it pours sometimes, huh? Mary

Kathy, So sorry you had to go through all of that. I'm glad you're home and it wasn't more serious, but I'm praying that you get some good news from your primary care physician when you have that appointment. Take care of yourself! Hugs, Wanda

Kathy, Many hugs ...feel better... very very scarey stuff! Marla

Geez, you silly woman! What'd you go and do a thing like THAT for? Don't you know you're not allowed to have weird, scary things happen to you? What were you thinking? Seriously, though, hun. Please take care of yourself and let us know what you find out. Love ya!