Day 2 in hospital

[syf350]

For my wife. Chest pains began Sunday evening. So bad Monday and overnight she couldn't sleep. Extreme pain to lay down. Hurts to breathe. Got her to er Tuesday morning. Ekg ok. Bloodwork suggested possible clot. CT scan had er Doc thinking clot, but radiologist said no. Admitted to hospital, Doc and radiologist thought maybe partial aneurysm. Cardiothorasic surgeon said no. Echocardiogram normal, but shows a very small amount of fluid compared to images she had done about a year and a half ago. Rheumatologist called in, suspects nothing in his realm. Ordering more blood work.

Nobody can figure out what the **** is wrong. Only relief is morphine and some other pill and that only lasts about 4 hours, and is not complete relief. Shits getting old.

[syf350]

Pluracy (sp?) Has also been ruled out as there is no pain when they touch her or push on chest.

[Jeff '79]

Best wishes to her for a complete recovery.
Hang in there man...

[JRD77VET]

Prayers for your wife and for you too so you don't end up in the hospital bed next to her. :angel: :angel:

Jeff

[VITE1]

:angel:

[markids77]

Sending best wishes.

[Norm]

All the best, hope nothing serious.

[Woody]

:sadangel::sadangel: Get well soon.

[simpleman68]

Damn Josh.... I hope they find what is wrong and soon. Chest pains of any kind are scary as hell. :angel:
Scott

[SQUIRMIN VERMIN 84]

Prayers for your wife and for you too so you don't end up in the hospital bed next to her. :angel: :angel:

Jeff

:iagree: WHAT HE SAID!....:angel::angel:

[99 pewtercoupe]

Hope she is OK :sadangel:

[Blademaker]

Prayers for your wife and yourself. :seasix:

[m and t's77]

:angel:

[boracayjohnny]

Very scary stuff. Get well soon, Mrs.

[Iron Chef]

Hope she gets well soon Josh.

[Chuck A]

sending good thoughts and wishes

[Rob]

Hope she gets feeling better soon Josh.

[wwomanC6]

Josh, We hope they get this figured out and get her on the mend! Well wishes, prayers and good thoughts for you both! :angel:

[CertInsaneC5]

Prayers going out to your wife you. Hope they find out what's wrong and get it fixed soon.

[Olustee bus]

:sadangel:

[Burro (He/Haw)]

That's scary I'm sure. Good luck, I hope she gets better in short order.

[island14]

Hope she's OK Josh and gets to feeling better soon..

This has to be a scary time for you and her both.

:cert:

[86RAG]

Hope they get it figured out soon. Best wishes for a speedy recovery :yesnod:

[8Up]

Im sure they have checked but Ill throw this out there..Peritonitis? I had it a few years ago and the only comfortable position was standing up. it is an infection of the membrane around the heart. Ill keep you both in my prayers and hope they find something out soon!

[CubSmurf]

Prayers to you and your wife. Hope it's diagnosed soon!

[StaticCling]

Good thoughts and prayers coming your way. :angel:

[Cybercowboy]

Wow, any news? Hope they find out what it is quick and she makes an even quicker recovery.

[mrvette]

:sadangel: Prayers sent, hope she get well soon, that they figger it out.....

:seasix:

[69camfrk]

Prayers sent for a speedy recovery. I hope the doctors are able to figure it all out in short order.

[Mike Mercury]

it's the worst; when having some sort of major health issue, and it's one that is not easily diagnosed.

Hang in there :thumbs:

[Barn Babe]

Sending good thoughts and prayers you way.

[Admiral Blue]

Josh, sorry to hear. Thoughts and prayers that all will be well!

Jeff

['77Babe]

Best wishes for a quick diagnosis and a speedy recovery. :angel:

[Z06David]

Hope they figure it out soon, prayers sent

[stingraymyway]

Prayers.

[Olustee bus]

update?

[JRD77VET]

update?

:iagree: :angel:

[Marc]

Keeping her in our prayers :angel::angel:

[carlton_fritz]

Prayers for a quick diagnosis and recovery.

[78SA]

Prayers for her.

[Kerrmudgeon]

:(...sounds like you need a real life one of these guys. Sending good vibes man. :yesnod:
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[CertInsaneC5]

update?

:iagree: :angel:
No word yet? Still praying here for a good outcome. :angel:

[Rob]

Any updates Josh?

[8Up]

Any updates Josh?

:iagree:

[syf350]

Sorry for not keeping up with updates.

Echo-cardiogram on day 2 showed the fluid the CT did, but was still not enough to worry about. Rhuematoligist came in and started throwing Lupus around. Still not very many answers at that point. Day 4, repeated the Echo-cardiogram and the fluid was substantially more. Paricarditis. They tried to go in with a needle to drain it, but when she was laying down, the fluid kind of flattened out and the heart was still hitting the sac wall when it beat, so they couldn't get the needle in without puncturing the heart as well, and smartly so, they pulled out.

Massive doses of steroids did the trick as far as reducing the fluid and thus relieving the pain. Released from hospital on monday, day 7. Tapering off the steroids now, replacing them with another anti-inflammatory, and still waiting on more test results to try to find out what the hell caused it. They have ruled out Lupus. Now looking at a viral infection of some kind, an autoimmune disease, and lastly, and way down the list, the big C. They are not even thinking the c word at this point, but just letting us know that that's the 3 things we are probably dealing with.

Thanks for all the prayers. she kind of foggy right now going through the steroid withdrawal, but the pain is gone.

[Z06David]

Glad to hear she's out. Hopefully it was just from a virus infection of some sort. Best wishes to you both.

[04 commemorative]

She is in our prayers for a speedy recovery,take care of yourself too.

[simpleman68]

Damn good news Josh. I hope the meds keep the problem at bey. I also hope they figure out what the hell happened in the first place. :cert:
Scott

[Rob]

Check the liver as well. I have seen cases when the liver has issues and causes fluids to build up in the thorax as well.

Hope all goes well and they can find out what is causing this soon.