I Must Like the Food ...
Ok, although this is going to be a section in, At The Heart of Turner Syndrome, I wanted to share just a bit of whats been going on the last few days, Here.
Over the last, nearly 2 Months now, I guess, I have felt, Off. Twinges of something on my left hand side, and a persistent nagging, horrible cough. I saw a new Cardiologist, Long story. Anyway, he readily agreed to a CT scan and an Echo. I of course ensured that all tests would go to my brilliant Cardiac Surgeon. The Surgeon who did my surgery last July.
That same day, they called advising they noticed a change since the previous CT scan and ordered blood work. The next Friday, the 4th, I had the Echo. They also did a bubble test, to check for holes in the heart. Also, on that day I went to see my family Dr. for my cough. She gave me a script for a chest x-ray. Within 10 minutes of getting the x-ray done, the Radiologist called her, and told her to call me to advice me to get my butt to emergency. Ok, dont think he used the word butt ... anyway, she called me to let me know they found an aneurysm, and to drive to emergency immediately. And, in the hospital is where I've been since. Now, the aneurysm was actually intentional, we've found out. The surgeon expanded because it was so narrowed.
One thing they have told me is that there seems to be a clot, I believe near the the graph, site. Im on a blood thinner (needle in the belly) and an Aspirin regiment, now.
I have been on antibiotics, and so far theyve done a wild test where they take your blood, inject it w/ radioactive isotopes then put it back into you. The following day (today) I had a bunch of scans done. Combined, this should tell them if theres an infection and where.
Now, I just wait for results.
Over the last, nearly 2 Months now, I guess, I have felt, Off. Twinges of something on my left hand side, and a persistent nagging, horrible cough. I saw a new Cardiologist, Long story. Anyway, he readily agreed to a CT scan and an Echo. I of course ensured that all tests would go to my brilliant Cardiac Surgeon. The Surgeon who did my surgery last July.
That same day, they called advising they noticed a change since the previous CT scan and ordered blood work. The next Friday, the 4th, I had the Echo. They also did a bubble test, to check for holes in the heart. Also, on that day I went to see my family Dr. for my cough. She gave me a script for a chest x-ray. Within 10 minutes of getting the x-ray done, the Radiologist called her, and told her to call me to advice me to get my butt to emergency. Ok, dont think he used the word butt ... anyway, she called me to let me know they found an aneurysm, and to drive to emergency immediately. And, in the hospital is where I've been since. Now, the aneurysm was actually intentional, we've found out. The surgeon expanded because it was so narrowed.
One thing they have told me is that there seems to be a clot, I believe near the the graph, site. Im on a blood thinner (needle in the belly) and an Aspirin regiment, now.
I have been on antibiotics, and so far theyve done a wild test where they take your blood, inject it w/ radioactive isotopes then put it back into you. The following day (today) I had a bunch of scans done. Combined, this should tell them if theres an infection and where.
Now, I just wait for results.