My first patient of the day was, appropriately, having an acute heart attack. We kicked ass and he had a balloon in his blocked coronary artery within 27 minutes of arrival. Hoorah for us!
I was having a great day. I was feeling like my sinus infection was finally starting to get better, and I was genuinely enjoying my work. Then I suddenly became dizzy and flushed. This has been happening, intermittently, for the past two weeks or so. It usually goes away within a few minutes. This time it didn't. So I stepped into an empty patient room and put a heart monitor on myself. My heart rate was 150! So guess who signed in as a patient??
I was most concerned that it might be SVT, but after lying down for awhile my heart rate slowed to the 130s. No adenosine for me. I spent the next 4.5 hours getting tests and IV fluids. We got it down to the low 100s after 2 liters of fluid and several hours of rest, but still have no clue why it happened. I had no other signs of dehydration, drinking plenty of water, minimal caffeine, no more stressed than usual, no fever, thyroid is fine, labs are all normal, chest x-ray is normal. It's a mystery to me. My doc was stumped as well, and she's brilliant. She offered to keep me overnight for observation, but I couldn't really see the benefit of doing so when all my tests were negative. So, I'm supposed to see about following up with a cardiologist if this continues to happen.
Tonight we are staying in and I'm taking it easy. We're ordering sushi takeout for dinner I have the day off tomorrow, thankfully, and will be able to get plenty of rest.
I hope your heart is happy on this Valentine's Day!
1 comment:
Sheesh. I guess you had enough excitement for one day!
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