Coughing Update: seems the coughing was related to the heart issue. bad ticker, not
enough blood pumping to lungs and kidneys, etc... Went in for a Electro Cardiologist consult on
Thursday, when the machine couldn't register a blood pressure, they did it manually, then hooked up
an EKG, one blip per time frame, heart rate of 34. I was informed I was in heart block, and would need
an emergency defibrillator/ Synchronized pacemaker that day. no debate, we have scheduled you as
en emergency procedure today at the cardiac DAR. kinda figured that something was up,
since I had been feeling terrible all week. walked over to the hospital(doctor's office suite & hospital shared the sane driveway, and it was 80 yards downhill). heart so bad, they could not put me under for surgery, so it was done with a local.
Would have gotten out of the hospital Friday morning, but kidneys hadn't been getting enough blood, so Bun/Creatine levels were too high, didn't get to come home till 6pm Saturday.