My wife wound up in the ER today.

[Hawkeye-X]

Today, after a family lunch, we decided to go out to the park, and she started getting tightness on her chest, and she was complaining of pain, hot flashes and stuff. We initially thought she was having an heart attack or something similar (I originally attributed it to acid reflux). I drove her to the hospital, less than 5 minutes from our house. She was seen almost immediately due to priority for chest pain by the resident who had his arm in a sling. He ordered EKG's and bloodwork, and both turned out to be normal. He quickly focused on gastric issues and ordered an ultrasound and found out that she has gallstones. She was given morphine through IV, which the pain abasted. 4 hours after being seen in the ER, she was released to go home with pain meds and referral to see the GI specialist about removing the gallstones. We will make an appointment after the Passover holiday is over, but it was a scary moment, but our little hospital (Rose Medical Center) has earned major props for taking care of my wife so quickly. Insurance stuff came later, because she was a previous patient at Rose last year, they still had her insurance and confirmed valid for the tests the Dr ordered.

Sometimes things work quickly, sometimes when a person is in a real serious pain, (when she was admitted to the ER she had very low blood pressure, which the IV helped and her BP elevated to a point where she can tolerate morphine) things have priorities. The ER was surprisingly pretty full for a early Tuesday afternoon.

It was a scary moment, but at least she's okay and sitting across the room on her computer.

I'm going to drag her to bed now. Good night all.

Hawkeye-X

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. You did exactly the right thing, my dear Hawkeye-X...

And major props to your hospital for taking such prompt good care of your wife.

This is how it's supposed to work.

You both take care now, you hear?

:hug:

[Kind of Blue]

2. Wonderful husband you are. Your love for her

is too moving. I'm glad she is doing all right and you can rest easy now.

[gleaner]

3. I'm glad that your experience turned out well ...

I am also glad that your hospital was knowledgeable and treated her quickly and well. Take care of her, and take care of yourself too.;)

[stevedeshazer]

4. This stuff is getting all too familiar.

Glad she's OK.

[roguevalley]

5. God bless you both, Hawkeye-X. Hug your wife for me.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Glad all came well

hugs

[BadGimp]

7. Best Wishes!

eom

[Jane Austin]

8. So glad she got a diagnosis on the first incident.

When my gallbladder acted up I assumed it was something I ate and I fooled around for several episodes before I got a diagnosis.

Gallstones are some hideous pain - so I hope your wife gets them out before she has another attack.

And when she has her surgery, it'll be good riddance to bad rubbish!

Best to you both.

[DainBramaged]

9. A happy ending (to a degree, gallstones suck)

:hi:

[Hekate]

10. Both of you, sleep tight

:hug:

Hekate

[bobburgster]

11. Glad everything is well!

[Berry Cool]

12. Glad she's doing better and hope the whole problem is resolved soon.

Situations like that are scary.

[NNN0LHI]

13. For future reference in that same exact situation I think I would call an ambulance

The paramedics get the IV's going immediately and are in contact with an emergency room doctor who is calling all the shots. No delay once at the hospital either. When you are admitted by ambulance they aren't asking about any insurance info before you get admitted.

Hope your wile is feeling better.

Don

[zonkers]

14. Glad it worked out. Good thing you acted fast.

[donheld]

15. I hope this finds her feeling much much better

[shedevil69taz]

16. Oddly enough

that's pretty much standard care for anything we get seen for in the army. Broken arm? Here have an IV some pain meds (usually motrin unless you happen to be screaming in agony) and a refferal to a specialist,