Friday, August 08, 2008
What a Day!
There is no easy way to say this, so I will just come out and do it. This morning when she woke up, Amy had all of the text book symptoms of a heart attack. For those of you who do not know, she has a small hole in her heart that has been there since she was born (the technical term is a vsd repair). She called me at work to tell me that she had shortness of breath and that her chest was very tight, so I broke all speed records to make it back home to take her to the hospital (she didn't want to call 911 because she was worried how the dogs would react). I took her to the Banner Gateway Hospital (which is closest to our house) and they started to exam her and then decided that she would do better at Banner Baywood Heart Hospital and so we moved to a real Heart Hospital. At first everyone was convinced that she had indeed suffered from a heart attack. A Echocardiogram (sorry about the spelling) was done and revealed that she had not had a heart attack but rather a "Cardiovascular Spasam" which is just like a heart attack but the artiers are clear instead of clogged. Long story short, she is currently resting comfortably in the hospital. We anticipate her staying tonight only. The only question is how much (if any) muscle was damaged from the spasam. I will do my best to keep everyone on her blog up to date on her condition. I know that she will be back in just a little while. In the mean time, your prayers and thoughts are greatly appreciated. If you have her cell phone number, I'm sure that she would love to talk with anyone.
Oh my goodness. Amy, you're in my thoughts and prayers!!!!! Get well soon sweetie!!!