ER...

What a weekend!

I had a couple pretty intense dizzy spells on Saturday and another one Sunday morning.

Jason insisted I go to the ER,, so we went.

Upon arriving at the ER, I was exhausted so I sat in the waiting room.

Jason checked me in and all he did was mention my heart..

I was immediately taken back and within seconds had all sorts of doctors and nurses 

hooking me up to what appeared to be every machine in the ER.

My EKG came back normal, they took a chest x-ray which was fine (not sure why they even did the x-ray)

The nurse then tried to take some blood and missed my vein all-together. All I can say is OUCH! He dug and dug and dug...then he tried to say how long he's been an EMT and firefighter yadda yadda yadda and that 'This has never happened to him before' he claims he never misses a vein, but kept trying anyway. I have to admit I felt the pain but didn't care. So much was happening to me all at once that I was numb to alot of it and felt so exhausted and didn't even care what they were doing. As the tears were going down my cheek, Jason grabbed my foot and started rubbing it, which was so comforting and helpful. Knowing he was there put me at ease. I tried to calm down and the ER nurse tried my other arm and got it the first time.

The ER nurse ended up apologizing over and over and over. I felt bad for him, but sheesh..stop digging after the 3rd try!

Here is the arm that he finally got a line in :)

This shows my heart rate back to normal..and I was starting to feel normal again..

They gave me a Holter Monitor to wear for 24 hours.

I've already had three episodes on this thing and I'm praying they can find some answers!

The heart is a scary thing..but super thankful for modern medicine and technology!

 It's pretty user friendly. If I have an episode, I just push "event' and it flags that specific time.

 Instead of laying in bed all day, I got up, got dressed and then sat on the couch and watched TV most of the day. I was instructed not to clean or do anything 'strenuous'. I wasn't allowed to drive or go to work. I was incredibly BORED!! I don't do well with idol time, I thought I would go outside and get some fresh air, but as you can see...I kinda can't hide this and I don't want the hundred questions from neighbors. I think I will just sit home and do nothing...(which is frustrating).

I go see a cardiologist on Friday...I guess we'll see what he has to say.