What is the fastest turn of events you have seen??

[0DegreeEngineer]

I went to my primary care doctor on May 1st for a check on some tightness in my chest, was checked out blood pressure and temperature were fine and xray was clear was told to go home and get some rest, come May 4th woke up with a 104 degree temperature pounding headache and unable to walk very easily, my wife takes me to urgent care they take my temperature (100.2) and vitals.
Heart rate at rest after waiting in lobby for 10 minutes and then walking to room (maybe 75 feet) 141 bpm ekg taken and shows signs of possible blood clot/ heart attack am told to head directly to ER. We go to the ER get checked in, they start drawing blood running tests, my temperature is now down to 99.7, but nurses are alarmed at how much heat i am putting off. All blood test come back negative for heart attack or clots, but they listen to my lungs and order an x-ray they find bi-lateral pneumonia and sepsis, biggest roller coaster in a hand full of days (medical wise) I have personally experienced, you all have anything similar happen?

 

[Ray70Chrg]

I went to my primary care doctor on May 1st for a check on some tightness in my chest, was checked out blood pressure and temperature were fine and xray was clear was told to go home and get some rest, come May 4th woke up with a 104 degree temperature pounding headache and unable to walk very easily, my wife takes me to urgent care they take my temperature (100.2) and vitals.
Heart rate at rest after waiting in lobby for 10 minutes and then walking to room (maybe 75 feet) 141 bpm ekg taken and shows signs of possible blood clot/ heart attack am told to head directly to ER. We go to the ER get checked in, they start drawing blood running tests, my temperature is now down to 99.7, but nurses are alarmed at how much heat i am putting off. All blood test come back negative for heart attack or clots, but they listen to my lungs and order an x-ray they find bi-lateral pneumonia and sepsis, biggest roller coaster in a hand full of days (medical wise) I have personally experienced, you all have anything similar happen?

A wild rollercoaster ride for sure, glad to see you're heading back to normal.

 

[Jerry Hall]

Wishing you a speedy recovery. Sometimes things happen fast that way.

 

[Mopar Hunter]

That’s pretty scary, glad your wife was with you.

 

[1967coronet]

Hope you get to feeling better , Glad you got to the Dr. & they figured out what was going on.

 

[68gtxman]

I went to my primary care doctor on May 1st for a check on some tightness in my chest, was checked out blood pressure and temperature were fine and xray was clear was told to go home and get some rest, come May 4th woke up with a 104 degree temperature pounding headache and unable to walk very easily, my wife takes me to urgent care they take my temperature (100.2) and vitals.
Heart rate at rest after waiting in lobby for 10 minutes and then walking to room (maybe 75 feet) 141 bpm ekg taken and shows signs of possible blood clot/ heart attack am told to head directly to ER. We go to the ER get checked in, they start drawing blood running tests, my temperature is now down to 99.7, but nurses are alarmed at how much heat i am putting off. All blood test come back negative for heart attack or clots, but they listen to my lungs and order an x-ray they find bi-lateral pneumonia and sepsis, biggest roller coaster in a hand full of days (medical wise) I have personally experienced, you all have anything similar happen?

A similar incident happened to me two years ago. I went to the ER and they started an IV and did a urinalysis. Found an infection in my bladder that was nearly to the point of sepsis. If I ignored it or simply stayed in bed to feel better, I’d be dead.

Glad to hear you went in for treatment! Get well soon!

 

[#41]

Someone wise once said "It happened all of a sudden over a period of years". Most health-related issues fall into that description.

Hope you are back on your feet soon.

 

[0DegreeEngineer]

A wild rollercoaster ride for sure, glad to see you're heading back to normal.

Yeah numbers are looking better each day I think my wife is more exhausted than I am but at least she heads home to sleep rather than trying to sleep here at the hospital

 

[0DegreeEngineer]

Yeah she

That’s pretty scary, glad your wife was with you.

takes great care of me and can put the hammer down when needed!

 

[0DegreeEngineer]

A similar incident happened to me two years ago. I went to the ER and they started an IV and did a urinalysis. Found an infection in my bladder that was nearly to the point of sepsis. If I ignored it or simply stayed in bed to feel better, I’d be dead.

Glad to hear you went in for treatment! Get well soon!

Thank you, yeah the ER and Attending docs both told me I would be in a lot worse shape if I had not come in Sunday from borderline sepsis to full on sepsis so I am glad it all worked out as it did the IV antibiotics are doing wonders

 

[Budnicks]

Good to hear you're doing better, to a speedy & full recovery

 

[Budnicks]

About 6 years ago now, my dad when he was 82
went in to his General Practitioner/Dr. internist, Dr. Anderson, up here
the nurse doing a physical, a run of the mill yearly physical,
about 10 min.s after we got there, him into the exam room
the nurse came out & said you need to take him to the ER, NOW
a few buildings away, check him in there,
he's having a coronary event/heart attack, a widow maker...

My dad looked & seemed fine, said he wasn't feeling anything...
(well except the normal drunk hungover he put on, the previous 65+ years of a qt of whiskey, a day, everyday)

I got him to the ER, quick, less than a min., they hooked him up
to all the tubes & gadgets & he was indeed having a heart attack,
him still showing no signs of it, outwardly anyway...
They sedated him made him comfortable...
Test galore after test & more test, tried to do a stent, couldn't arteries too hard...
He had almost total blockage & hardening of 3 of his major hearts arteries
they tried, went in from his leg, tried anyway, to install a stent, main artery to the heart
his veins were too collapsed & too hard, from 60+ years of alcohol abuse
the 4th artery was barely open enough to keep him alive, or he'd not be here now...

He was extremely lucky that day...

2 Days later we were down in Modesto, at Doctors Hospital,
scheduled for open heart surgery...
Me & 2 of my 5 sisters, 3 others & 2 bros. nowhere in site either, in the surgery waiting room...
He was going to have a quadruple bypass, 8hrs+ under the knife,
Cardiologist Vascular surgeon Dr. Yu
& the 6 month of Avelon rehab facility after, from them keeping him sedated/under
for a full week, really messed him up, he couldn't walk barely talk or eat...
Sedated so long "So he wouldn't tear out his stitches, he was going thru alcohol withdrawals
shaking really bad", detoxing, it was really hard to see or watch...

(I had warned him for decades he needs to lighten up on his booze/drinking, he was having none of that)

Been dealing with some sort of 'that crap' ever since...

I have sort of became an expert in hospitals now, & the ERs
or cardio-alcohol-aeropathy, (a drunks heart disease) something along those lines...
That day, those few moments,
"Completely changed my life" forever now too...

 

[0DegreeEngineer]

About 6 years ago now, my dad when he was 82
went in to his General Practitioner/Dr. internist, Dr. Anderson, up here
the nurse doing a physical, a run of the mill yearly physical,
about 10 min.s after we got there, him into the exam room
the nurse came out & said you need to take him to the ER, NOW
a few buildings away, check him in there,
he's having a coronary event/heart attack, a widow maker...

My dad looked & seemed fine, said he wasn't feeling anything...
(well except the normal drunk hungover he put on, the previous 65+ years of a qt of whiskey, a day, everyday)

I got him to the ER, quick, less than a min., they hooked him up
to all the tubes & gadgets & he was indeed having a heart attack,
him still showing no signs of it, outwardly anyway...
They sedated him made him comfortable...
Test galore after test & more test, tried to do a stent, couldn't arteries too hard...
He had almost total blockage & hardening of 3 of his major hearts arteries
they tried, went in from his leg, tried anyway, to install a stent, main artery to the heart
his veins were too collapsed & too hard, from 60+ years of alcohol abuse
the 4th artery was barely open enough to keep him alive, or he'd not be here now...

He was extremely lucky that day...

2 Days later we were down in Modesto, at Doctors Hospital,
scheduled for open heart surgery...
Me & 2 of my 5 sisters, 3 others & 2 bros. nowhere in site either, in the surgery waiting room...
He was going to have a quadruple bypass, 8hrs+ under the knife,
Cardiologist Vascular surgeon Dr. Yu
& the 6 month of Avelon rehab facility after, from them keeping him sedated/under
for a full week, really messed him up, he couldn't walk barely talk or eat...
Sedated so long "So he wouldn't tear out his stitches, he was going thru alcohol withdrawals
shaking really bad", detoxing, it was really hard to see or watch...

(I had warned him for decades he needs to lighten up on his booze/drinking, he was having none of that)

Been dealing with some sort of 'that crap' ever since...

I have sort of became an expert in hospitals now, & the ERs
or cardio-alcohol-aeropathy, (a drunks heart disease) something along those lines...
That day, those few moments,
"Completely changed my life" forever now too...

Wow @Budnicks that would be so incredibly challenging being on the handling side of that i am so glad he made it through, events like that can put things in perspective quickly!

 

[0DegreeEngineer]

Thank you for the well wishes, I have been sent home for more rest but that was quite the ride

 

[Budnicks]

Thank you for the well wishes, I have been sent home for more rest but that was quite the ride

for the updates,
Glad to see you're at home now too...

hope the 'total recovery', is speedy

 

[0DegreeEngineer]

for the updates,
Glad to see you're at home now too...

hope the 'total recovery', is speedy

Same here hopefully, I can take out the GTX Sunday for a mother's day drive