ER/ICU one more time

Last Sunday I went to the ER and then was admitted to the ICU one more time, but they let me loose at noon with an Rx to fill.  I got the prescription and we went home.  At supper time I took the new medication.  In the morning we walked as usual and I felt fine.  I took another of the new medication at breakfast time.  After breakfast we went to Boulder and to the AAA and picked up maps for our trip. When we got home I called Kim (NP) to report that I felt OK.  I took another pill with dinner and another after breakfast Tuesday morning.  By noon I felt bad, very bad, short of breath, weak and tired.  I should have returned to the ER, but they had just sent me home and I have gotten so I really dislike being there. I don't remember too much after that.  Robert took my bp and it was 88; my pulse was 28.  He said I should go to the ER, but it was my decision.  That was a mistake because at that point my brain wasn't really working, but I didn't go to the ER and I survived the night.  I had just given up and expected to die, but I didn't care..I was soooooooooooo tired.  Wednesday morning, that is the next morning I woke up and felt much better.  I went to see Kim at 9:30AM.  Dr. Weksler joined her.  They were both concerned about my previous night's experience. Dr. Weksler said I should take no more of that medication.  But, for the next 30 days I should wear a heart monitor.  I'm now wired.

The technology of the heart monitor takes me back to the early 70s when I had a computer monitor at home and could call on my phone to the computer at NCAR and when I got the signal on the phone I put it into a contraption attached to the monitor.  I could then use the computer at NCAR from homeat 300 baud.  I didn't have a computer at home; there were no personal computers back then.

I'm to be fitted for an Apnea mask on Monday.  Seems I have Apnea which causes my oxygen level to drop because my breathing is either really shallow or not at all when I'm asleep.

The rest of the week has been a normal week for us.  We walk a mile plus (and the plus is increasing, hopefully to another mile in another week or two.)

On Friday Connie came and she drove me around so I could do some errands.  I wanted another scatter rug to cover the Oxygen tube running across the floor and I wanted to go to Penzys  to get some more salt-free spices.  I substitute "hot" for salt.

We had lunch at the Oak.  A rather strange restaurant for Boulder.  Connie had to take Pig Belly out of her BLT.  It also had bacon, but the tomatoes were fried green tomatoes.

So much for this week.