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Last night Tsu started having chest pains. By about 1 AM it was bad enough that she thought she had better get to the hospital. After a very tense 30 minute race through a fairly thick fog, we arrived at the ER door. By the time I could get out of the car, they already had her in the exam room.
When I walked in she didn't look good at all! Glad to say that after a few hours we knew it wasn't immediately life threatening. She was admitted for additional tests, which seem to indicate that the pain was caused by a bit of pneumonia in just the right spot.
Whewwwwww. That was a close one! After ruling out heart failure, the doc looked worried and kept asking if she had ever had a clot, which had us both worried. It was a huge relief when that test came back negative.
I'm probably going to pick her up again later this afternoon.
For those who don't know my wife, she has been in diagnostic medicine for over thirty years. When she says she had better get to an ER, there is no time to waste. Whewww. The thirty minutes that it took to drive there were thirty of the most tense minutes of my life [and hers no doubt!].
When I walked in she didn't look good at all! Glad to say that after a few hours we knew it wasn't immediately life threatening. She was admitted for additional tests, which seem to indicate that the pain was caused by a bit of pneumonia in just the right spot.
Whewwwwww. That was a close one! After ruling out heart failure, the doc looked worried and kept asking if she had ever had a clot, which had us both worried. It was a huge relief when that test came back negative.
I'm probably going to pick her up again later this afternoon.
For those who don't know my wife, she has been in diagnostic medicine for over thirty years. When she says she had better get to an ER, there is no time to waste. Whewww. The thirty minutes that it took to drive there were thirty of the most tense minutes of my life [and hers no doubt!].
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