Florida Hospital
I was taken into the ER immediately, so that was good. They managed to get me into a regular room that evening. I realized shortly thereafter that they hadn’t brought my clothes to the room and poor Bert spent 2 days trying to find what they had done with it. Finally located it.
Over the next2 days they did all sorts of tests on me, mostly being led by my cardiologist. By Wednesday when they still didn’t have a diagnosis ready, the cardiologist decided to get more aggressive and do a cardiac catherization. Scared the hell out of me, but finally agreed to it.
Unfortunately, the results did not go as I would have wanted. Seems like I have a blockage in my left artery. This would normally be treated with open heart surgery, but I am not a candidate for that due to my breathing issues. Instead they are going to treat the condition with medication and hope for the best.
I do know I will be dealing with a major lifestyle change, but I will do what I have to do to stick around. No stress and just taking things slowly.
We had already made up our minds that this would be our last cruise before this all came up, so now I can offer suggestions and help, while sitting on my butt taking it easy.
So now you have the whole story.
