Friday, January 15, 2010

It's been awhile....

Christmas came and went and the new year. And I almost did the same. The paperwhites I bought at Summer's Past are blooming and I came home in time to see them. If I feel well enough will snap some photos. I now know what it feels like to be rushed off to the hospital in an ambliance. Early Sunday the third I was here on the computer 4:30am and I had a heart attack. I've never had one of those before so didn't know what was happening at first. I got off the computer and tried to lay down to see if I would feel better. Took some asprin and still didn't feel better. So about 5:30 I asked my husband to call 911. The Lakeside Paramedics were great. I landed at Kaiser Zion and they took great care of me. I was shipped off in another ambliance to Scriipps La Jolla the nex day where they cleaned out an artery and put in three stents. It was decided that I needed more work so was scheduled for another proceedure. I went home for less than a day and then got dropped off back at Scripps...walked in on my own that time. They couldn't get to work on me for most of the day...I was ready to go home. I wish I had. Things went wrong and I sort lost it. Congestive heart failure. I was not a happy camper. Woke up to a mouth full of tubes and did nothing but fight everyone the first few hours. They couldn't get that artery cleared at all and now I have a pacemaker a ton of pills to take every day and am very tired.

5 comments:

Ladykli said...

You take it easy now hear? You are in my thoughts and prayers.

carol edan said...

Dorothy!!! Take care of yourself!!!!
Do as the Dr says.....and let every spoil you for awhile.... You'll get your strength back!!!
Carol

Bob said...

Hi Dorothy, Chris R. and I were thinking about you a couple days ago, because you weren't posting thing in the IFLC. I hope you get better and I'll be praying for you.
Bob

Chris said...

Hi, Dorothy! Like Bob said, we were thinking of you and wondering why you hadn't posted anything in a while -- we always enjoyed looking at your pictures. Imagine our surprise when we read on your blog that you had a heart attack! Glad you're still with us and still shooting :) Hope you get better. You are in our thoughts and prayers.

Anonymous said...

I just read this post about you having a heart attack; how scary! I hope that you are feeling better, getting back your strength. All the best to you, Dorothy.