Oh Woe!

[Guest guest]

Monday morning I was hauled off to the hospital by the Rescue Squad. I was in

the throes of an angina episode that didn't respond to nitro. I took aspirin as

a precaution while waiting for the squad. In the ER they worked me over and

when more nitro and other stuff didn't work they gave me some morphine and

admitted me. Upstairs I was put on heparin and nitro drips and a bit more

morphine. Eventually I felt better. For the next two days I had to first take

the radioactive treadmill test which brought back the pressure in my sternum.

This alarmed them (I don't know why as they had me running uphill at lightning

speed to get my heart rate up to 130) so they put me back to bed and fussed over

me, kept me another day to take the second part of the test which, thankfully,

didn't include the blasted treadmill. The results were good. My by-passes are

working and there is good blood flow to the heart. I have no idea what brought

on the angina after so many months of absence.

When the fellows on the Rescue Squad came I gave them the paper I'm supposed to

keep (stuck on the fridge) about my disability and medications and of course

Permax was one of them so there was no hassle when I got to the hospital. I

told them the times for my medications and had no problem. It was such a relief

to get the Permax without having to argue.

Well, I'm back home with Mr. Biggles (thank God for good neighbors). Now I'm

nursing a cold (I KNEW I'd get sick in the hospital). It's good to be here

though where I can take my echinacea, vitamin C, hot tea with lemon and honey

and all my other nostrums (gee, in the hospital they have NOTHING to offer for

the common cold. The nurse did make me some hot tea and went down to the

cafeteria for honey for me bless her!).

ONWARD, EVER ONWARD I SAY!!!! and

Cheers!!

Jeanne and Mr. Biggles in Poultney, VT