Tony has had some health issues for a while. It all started back in July when he got some major pain in his chest during sacrament and left church to go to the Instacare. After some test they concluded that he had strained his pectoral muscle and needed to take it easy for a while to it could repair itself.
He tried to be careful and not lift heavy things for weeks, but like a week before we had Allie he started feeling really bad on his way to work and stopped at the ER to be looked at. After more tests and lots of money they said he was still suffering from the effects of the strained pec. Well, fast forward to last night (over 5 months from the initial pain) and you have Tony in bed trying to sleep and having a very hard time. A little after 10:30 pm he told me his arm was tingling and he was light headed (felt like he might pass out), his heart was beating fast and he just felt off. His head and chest/shoulder hurt off and on and he knew he needed to do something.
When you don't know what to do then it is time for a blessing. I texted my neighbor, Max, and he came over and looked Tony over. He did the blood pressure (which was all over the place), listened to his heart and lungs, etc. Tony started totally shaking at this point and couldn't control how he was feeling. Max gave him a blessing and we knew we needed to go to the ER.
I called Tony's mom, Margie and asked if she would come sit with the kids so we could go to the ER. She said yes and was on her way. After we got Tony dressed we headed to the ER. They got him in pretty fast and started asking all the questions and started doing test on him. They did an EKG, drew blood to be tested, they did a chest x-ray, and an CT scan of his head. They were looking for possible blood clots, signs of stroke, anything that could be causing these symptoms (that have come and gone and the most random of times during the past 5 months...it really really sucks for everyone). They also gave him some drugs through an IV to help with the headaches. I made him sleepy so he was able to sleep off and on while we waited for the test results.
The doctor said that all the test looked good the only thing he "maybe" could see is a little something on the EKG that should be followed up with a heart doctor to get a stress test and then he wanted Tony to see a Heart and Rhythm doctor. He said that he didn't really know why he was having all these random problem (gee, that's awesome). By the time we were discharged it was about 1:45 am. We got home about 2:00 am and Tony's super awesome mom went home (it is so nice having people you know you can call at anytime and they will be there for you). Tony was able to zonk right out but it took me a while to settle in. Before I could get to sleep Allie was awake wanting a bottle. I fed her and put her to bed and then was able to finally get to sleep around 3:00 am. Allie then woke up at 7:00 am poopy and ready to start the day. 4 hours of sleep just isn't enough, but sweet blessings of the Lord have helped me get through the day.
I got Tony an appointment to see a heart doctor today and the Rhythm doctor on the 19th (their earliest available appointment of course). The heart doctor today said that he doesn't think his issues are heart related but that he did want Tony to do a stress test just to make sure everything is looking good. We got an appointment for tomorrow to do that stress test.
Tony and I don't really think that this has anything to do with his heart, but want the peace of mind. He has an appointment on the 22nd with a doctor about his shoulder (which he thinks might be the cause of a lot of his pain and issue, but who really knows at this point). We are trying to see if we can move that date up at all. We really just want to get to the bottom of this so we can fix it and we can go back to being normal and doing normal things.
So here's to a good nights sleep and some answers tomorrow with the stress test!
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