JAS4Yeshua
20th July 2007, 02:41 AM
I was on my way home this evening, and was on the phone with Michelle. She was telling me about all the different things she was doing today, cleaning the house, putting stuff up on the walls, and spending time with a friend from church. These are all good things, but, unfortunately, her health doesn't allow for that much work in one day.
While she was on the phone with me, she said she was starting to feel dizzy and her chest was hurting. Then she went silent. I shouted into the phone, thankful that I had handsfree. It took a couple times of me calling her name before she answered, saying she had passed out and her head was hurting, then she was silent again. At this point, I was starting to worry. I shouted again, and woke her up, when she said that she was having difficulty breathing. I was still about 30 minutes away from home, so I hung up and called 911.
When I got home, the paramedics had just taken Michelle out to the ambulance. She had been awake enough to use the garage door opener to open the garage from where she was lying, but apparently couldn't do much more than that. A neighbor, who saw the paramedics arrive, took our dog out so the paramedics could go in and help Michelle.
The paramedics told me that her vitals were normal, except for an elevated heart rate, and they would take her to the hospital. I had to put away our dog and grab all of Michelle's medications to bring to the hosptial, so they could enter them into their computer.
We were in the hosptial for four hours. All the tests came back normal, and it was what we thought, she overexerted herself. It was part of her bi-polar, where she had a burst of energy, and didn't know when to quit. They gave her pain medication while she was in, then released her. From there, we had a very late dinner (11:30 at night) then came home.
This type of thing gets discouraging for Michelle. There is so much she wants to do, and yet there are times like this, where her health gets in the way, and sends her to the Emergency Room.
The praise report is that this was nothing serious. She'll just need to rest for the next couple of days to recover. We would like continued prayer, though, for her health and for her strength.
While she was on the phone with me, she said she was starting to feel dizzy and her chest was hurting. Then she went silent. I shouted into the phone, thankful that I had handsfree. It took a couple times of me calling her name before she answered, saying she had passed out and her head was hurting, then she was silent again. At this point, I was starting to worry. I shouted again, and woke her up, when she said that she was having difficulty breathing. I was still about 30 minutes away from home, so I hung up and called 911.
When I got home, the paramedics had just taken Michelle out to the ambulance. She had been awake enough to use the garage door opener to open the garage from where she was lying, but apparently couldn't do much more than that. A neighbor, who saw the paramedics arrive, took our dog out so the paramedics could go in and help Michelle.
The paramedics told me that her vitals were normal, except for an elevated heart rate, and they would take her to the hospital. I had to put away our dog and grab all of Michelle's medications to bring to the hosptial, so they could enter them into their computer.
We were in the hosptial for four hours. All the tests came back normal, and it was what we thought, she overexerted herself. It was part of her bi-polar, where she had a burst of energy, and didn't know when to quit. They gave her pain medication while she was in, then released her. From there, we had a very late dinner (11:30 at night) then came home.
This type of thing gets discouraging for Michelle. There is so much she wants to do, and yet there are times like this, where her health gets in the way, and sends her to the Emergency Room.
The praise report is that this was nothing serious. She'll just need to rest for the next couple of days to recover. We would like continued prayer, though, for her health and for her strength.