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Well, I just went through a week I'd rather forget. It all started sometime last week. I'd been feeling pretty puny and "not up to snuff" pretty much all week. Of course, I've been working on my bathroom for those of you following my thread. Well, late, late Sunday evening (sometime after midnight) I woke up and couldn't catch my breathe. I began to panic because I couldn't breathe and I'm sure I hyper ventilated to a large degree as well.
Anyway, the Mrs called 911 and the paramedics arrived. I guess I went into respitory arrest. Which then put me into cardiac arrest on my way to the hospital. Now, I wasn't flatlined, and they didn't need to use the paddles, but my rate was so low, they started some aggressive CPR to keep oxygen moving throughout my body. They ended up breaking/cracking my sternum and two ribs.
I also had a very aggressive case of pneumonia and they ended up putting me on a respirator for 24 hours until the antibiotics started kicking in. So, of course they sedate you while on the respirator so Monday is gone completely. I woke up Tuesday when they pulled the respirator and had a femural I-V, a cathetar and a morphine drip for my broken chest bones. Which until you need to cough (which you need to do regularly with pneumonia) and have broken ribs and sternum (try getting the hiccups :nervous:) or breathing etc.... it doesn't hurt all that bad. :rolleyes:
Anyway, they also found that I'm borderline diabetic or I guess pretty mild... They've got me on 40 units of Lantus once a day and my sugar never went above 133 and was usually less than 107 The only insulin shot I gave myself for high blood sugar was when I had to "practice" on myself. But I do need to regulate my diet and check my sugar four times a day now.
Bottom line, I'm home now. It's GOOD to be home.... and alive I guess. Broken chest bones and all.
Oh yeah.... I guess they figured "while I was there" they would regulate my blood pressure with drugs. So, now I have that script to purchase as well.
Anyway, the Mrs called 911 and the paramedics arrived. I guess I went into respitory arrest. Which then put me into cardiac arrest on my way to the hospital. Now, I wasn't flatlined, and they didn't need to use the paddles, but my rate was so low, they started some aggressive CPR to keep oxygen moving throughout my body. They ended up breaking/cracking my sternum and two ribs.
I also had a very aggressive case of pneumonia and they ended up putting me on a respirator for 24 hours until the antibiotics started kicking in. So, of course they sedate you while on the respirator so Monday is gone completely. I woke up Tuesday when they pulled the respirator and had a femural I-V, a cathetar and a morphine drip for my broken chest bones. Which until you need to cough (which you need to do regularly with pneumonia) and have broken ribs and sternum (try getting the hiccups :nervous:) or breathing etc.... it doesn't hurt all that bad. :rolleyes:
Anyway, they also found that I'm borderline diabetic or I guess pretty mild... They've got me on 40 units of Lantus once a day and my sugar never went above 133 and was usually less than 107 The only insulin shot I gave myself for high blood sugar was when I had to "practice" on myself. But I do need to regulate my diet and check my sugar four times a day now.
Bottom line, I'm home now. It's GOOD to be home.... and alive I guess. Broken chest bones and all.
Oh yeah.... I guess they figured "while I was there" they would regulate my blood pressure with drugs. So, now I have that script to purchase as well.
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