Tuesday night, early Wednesday morning I woke up with a terrible pain in my chest. I was semi-asleep and trying to wake up, and my chest was was tight, burning, heavy. I have asthma and a myriad of stomach issues, so I finally went back to sleep attributing it to one of those calamities. But the pain stuck around until after noon on Wednesday, and I called the Renal Transplant Center to talk to a nurse. My symptoms could have meant a blood clot in the lung; chances were low but they are so cautious and thorough at St. Josephs that they asked to come into ER and have a chest X-Ray to eliminate that scenario. Alyssa, my co-worker at the Art Center jetted me to the hospital and a few minutes later we were settled into a room watching America's Toughest Prisons / Lockdown on National Geographic channel. I would not have turned the station even if had been more than one remote control for the floor. I love that stuff; and I learned how to make and conceal a shiv from an everyday plastic bag! After some bloodwork I was cleared. Kevin met Alyssa at the ER, and took me home for an evening of pork chops and Bladerunner on BluRay. The doctors said the chest pain was most likely muscular in nature. Since my abs are sort of useless, my back and chest have had to over compensate for them. I cant stand for to long, or my back aches terribly. I am home resting and playing alittle World of Warcraft.
posted by AMY
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