leatherman:
ugh. after what happened to me last time I posted about a situation like this (taking a partner to the hospital) 16 years ago when things certainly turned out badly, let's hope I'm not jinxing things by starting this thread.
So a couple weeks ago, at our regular doctor visit, my husband Larry talked to our doc about some symptoms (tiredness and sorta like indigestion) and they ran an EKG on him. The results were "irregular" and suggested the leads were reversed. Another EKG was run and came back with different "irregular" result. Two weeks later, Larry saw a heart doctor, who also got a bad result and ordered a stress test.
This morning while I was reading in the waiting room at the cardiologist and Larry was somewhere in the back "stressing", I watched while an EMT team and stretcher came in. Mentally counting through how many patients had gone back and how many came out, I packed my tablet away knowing something was up. Called to the back where the EMTs were, I learned that during the test Larry had experienced a mild heart attack!! Ten minutes afterwards and he was sitting there, while the paramedics began to work, looking red as a beet all over but saying he felt ok.
After following the ambulance to the hospital, I spent the rest of the day beside Larry's bed, while they ran numerous tests. Eventually they performed a heart catheterization which unfortunately found out that Larry had much worse heart problems than just needing a stint. Now either thurs or fri (we should know in the morning), Larry will be having quadruple heart bypass surgery. Not a smoker and in fairly good health (well, except for this heart problem), the prognosis is good. If all goes well, after a week of recovery time in the hospital, he should be able to come home for 3 to 4 months recovering before hopefully being well again and able to go back to work.
I did really good at the hospital, especially since Larry was doing ok. But coming home and having to talk with my mom (whose 3rd husband is currently in a rehab hospital after falling and fracturing his c2 vertebrae while my 3rd husband is in the hospital) reminded us too too much of other times when she and/or I dealt with our previous husbands in the hospital who did not make it home.
So I'm going to go finish up a good cry, watch the POTUS debate (cause that sh!t should be lit!), cry some more, and cuddle up with the dogs in our bed that's going to feel way too big tonight.
I'll update y'all as things progress.
Tonny2:
ojo. Michael, I’m sorry to hear about Larry’s heart problems, he’s going to be just fine. He we go again with the similitude. our stories, although now is Larry’s story andmine, I also had a snall heart attack the good thing about our heart attacks, we were in the right place, I was in the hospital and Larry was at the clinic. Although I had just one stem but I was used as a guinea pig because there were several “medical students” practicing with me. I am going to be thinking about you two and you will see that everything is going to be OK. Hang in there, we are here for you… Hugs
harleymc:
Michael I hope Larry makes a full recovery.
Makes sure to get support both for Larry and yourself.
Jim Allen:
Wishing Larry all the best this week and a speedy recovery.
Hugs.
Grasshopper:
A speedy recovery for your husband, and don't forget to take care of yourself.