I've Made Friday Week 174

Good Morning everyone!

I hope your week is going well.

I hope you are looking forward to the weekend.

Wow what a week.

It seems to have rushed by so fast.

I can't believe we are already in November.

I have managed to finish my Christmas shopping.

I've had to do a lot of resting so I've put it

to good use and spent lots of money.

I am super pleased as it means that

I have loads of time to get all the wrapping done.

I haven't managed to finish as much as I wanted

to over the last two weeks.

(sorry I wasn't here last week but I was in hospital).

I made a full set of items from Lion Brand Homespun.

I started with a pocketed scarf

Then I moved onto a matching hat

Then fingerless gloves.

Yes one is longer, it's the one where I have my walking stick.

I need more of that hand covered as it gets cold.

Then I made a twisted headband

to match.

I'm afraid there aren't any patterns.

I just made very basic items and made them up as I went.

I also made a plastic bag holder.

It makes everything much tidier.

It doesn't look very pretty

but it's hung up and keeping all my bags tidy.

Things are all up in the air after being in hospital.

It started because my heart was at 127 beats per min

when I was at rest.

It felt think my heart was beating out of my chest.

I also had chest, arm and jaw pain.

I took my gtn spray but it didn't do anything.

They called an ambulance for me and then the

fun began.

I had an ecg and was given a stronger tablet to the gtn.

The pain then stopped but I still needed an

investigation to check that I hadn't had a heart attack.

It was 10pm when they came for me so I was

very tired and I couldn't even remember how old I was.

I had a chest x-ray, they took my bloods and

they said they would take my bloods in another 6 hours.

They said once they had given me some aspirin I could

go to the ward.

It took till 2:30am for me to get the aspirin

and then it was onto the ward.

I had already been asked all the questions

by the paramedics, then a&e and then I was asked

again on the ward.

It was 3am, people were trying to sleep and they

wanted all the details of my dr and my next of kin etc.

Then is was another ecg, blood pressure etc.

Then I was given monitors for my heart for the entire night.

This meant 4 different sets of clips stuck on me.

They were everywhere from my ankles to my chest.

It seemed such a waste to put a new set on

each time they did again.

I finally got to sleep about 4am and then at 5:30am

they woke me up again.

More bloods and then breakfast.

A couple of pieces of toast later I was informed

my tests were normal so they would probably

send me home after dr's rounds.

There had been an incident over night so rounds

was a bit late.

I finally was seen about 12pm only to be

told they wanted the consultant to see me.

I saw him just as I was eating my lunch.

He said I don't have angina, I was mis-diagnosed.

I do however have a fast heart rate from my medication.

I was aware of one of them and it turns out there

was actually 3 of them causing the symptoms.

The consultant thinks that the chest and arm pain

is from a trapped nerve in my spinal cord.

A bit scary but a lot better than having problems with

my heart.

Re my heart rate I just have to lie down and rest

when it starts speeding up.

The meds will continue to put me at risk of it.

The good news is he said my heart is really healthy.

Once he left I then had to see a dr to run nuro tests.

Yes I have problems with my left side which I knew

about and there is a possibility the consultant is right.

At 3:30pm I finally got discharged.

Luckily my brother had come to visit so he took

me home.

I did realise over it all that sometimes I am too

practical for my own good.

I got everything ready to go to hospital,

then rang for the ambulance.

Told hubby not to worry and I would text him

once I knew what was happening.

I didn't let anyone else know as I didn't want

them to have a disturbed night.

I told hubby and son not to visit until they knew I

was coming home.

I thought Red Monster would get upset if he

had to leave me in hospital.

He was upset enough by me not being there when

he woke up in the morning.

My dad was out with church so I didn't contact him

and my mum was at home with my gran

without any transport.

I let my brother know but I wasn't expecting a visit.

He was already on his way back from somewhere

so him, his wife and my niece came to visit me.

I wasn't expecting them to and I have to admit

it made my day.

I was practical about everyone else and I knew

it was the right thing to do but it didn't change

the fact I was on my own in hospital.

I don't think my brother will ever know how much

it meant for him to visit.

Now on a happier note :-)

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