Update:
Once he got to easy child's hospital he had an echocardiogram and it showed quite a great deal of damage to the interior walls of the heart muscle. So next was an emergency cardiac cath. He has several other blockages but they're not to the point where stints will do any good yet. The heart damage can't be repaired. I'm sure their is a better way to put that, but I'm beyond exhausted as this is my 3rd day without sleep. And, as if the other weren't bad enough, he's in acute renal failure and they've no clue why. But their focus right now is on his heart, kidney will be once he's stable. He's also got Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) going on as well, no surprise there he just never had an official diagnosis.
Right now he's stable but has bradycardia, really slow hearbeat due to the heart damage......not so good. Is on 6 liters of O2, also not good. But he survived the heart cath when easy child was expecting a code to be called at any time. Which is good.
And I'd like to say I recognized it as a heart attack........but I took him to the ER mainly to shut the man up. And I figured if he was that adamant about his symptoms it was probably worth getting him checked that even if it was the esophagus they've give him something for pain......and after 3 days of no sleep and non stop listening to him.......I just wanted the man to shut the bleep up. I know that sounds cold hearted and mean, especially since he was actually having a massive heart attack, but well, it is what it is. That's what happens when you've spent a lifetime with a hypochondriac. It's that whole cry wolf too many times deal. Plus I was exhausted from lack of sleep and his esophagus issues DO mimic heart attack.......and he was burping like a trucker all day long. Burping makes one thing hernia, not heart attack.
If I'd not taken him in, he'd probably not made it through the night. That doesn't make me feel very good. And I'm sure that it will be something he will never let me forget.
Now off to bed to sleep off some of this exhaustion. I'll go see him again tomorrow with easy child. I don't have gas, I don't have money to buy gas. He's in excellent hands. Nichole will probably visit him today......but honestly since he hasn't slept in 3 days either, once he finally gets asleep he'll probably sleep at least 16 hrs himself.
Thanks for the good thoughts and prayers.
