Well another SVT (supraventricular tachycardia) episode. It started at 1:28pm, I took my medication but that didn’t work.
EMT came with 2 ambulances because they needed a level 2 EMT to give Adenosine because it had been an hour and nothing was taking my heart rate down.
They got IV’s in me and cardio pads on and took me to the next town over. On the way there I got Adenosine and that was awful. I felt my heart stop and restart and I felt this heaviness throughout my whole body. Thankfully my heart rate when from 200bpm down to 120bpm.
At the ER they gave me more metoprolol and it’s staying down but I feel exhausted.
I still have the cardiac pads on my chest that they put on in the Ambulance in case the Adenosine didn’t work and they will keep them on in case I start another episode.
Hopefully this gets me into the cardiologist faster now.
Edit to add that my husband couldn’t be any less supportive and wasn’t helpful at all while we waited for the ambulance. I am so thankful for you all here 🩷.
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It sounds like you are in good hands. They must have been setting up to jolt you back into rhythm if needed. The on-call cardiologist will see your chart today and weigh in. That might move you up the list for a full consultation. Best wishes for that big heart of yours.
@Offthetop there’s no on call cardiologist here in this hospital. Because I am back in normal rhythm the doctor will discharge me as long as my 7pm labs are okay but he’s writing a letter and sending all the reports to the cardiologist.
Hopefully that will get me an appointment soon because they caught the whole episode and conversion so the cardiologist can see it.
I am so thankful the adenosine worked because that was scary enough.
