He went to bed the night before very early. Way too early. I did not think much of it, thought he was, probably, very tired. I read a book till 2.15 am just to be awoken up at 4am by Jimmy who asked me to take him to the hospital.
Kids, thankfully, slept over so we did not have to awake anyone to come and watch them. I was so tired and it was storming, so I could barely concentrate on my driving. I remember, when Jimmy was telling me the symptoms, in case he could not say them, I was trying to listen and drive and at some point Jimmy told me I was in a wrong lane. Brrr... I had to awake up.
Anyhow, back to him. He felt strong chest pain the night before and felt nauseous and at 3am he awoke up with sharp pain and in sweat. He said he tried to fight it off but felt so bad that he did not see another option but to go to ER. It is so not him. I can tell when he is in pain but he, certainly, is not a moaner when it is not a big deal.
They took him immediately and did EKG and blood work for heart stress hormone. Right away 5 people were working on him. Those two tests came normal. They did x-ray since his pain shoot in his back, it came clear. Another EKG, then ultrasound. Dr thought aorta was not looking very good but he could not tell by ultrasound so they ordered CT scan. An hour later, results came normal. Another EKG and blood work, all good and last stress test. All still good.
Had no idea what was going on. Jimmy was given some medicine for nausea but it gave him belly ache. He did not want any drugs but in the end took morphine which took the edge of the pain and he was sent home. What the heck was it???
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