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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Wow my friend you are one Strong Chica ... HUggggggsssss. I'm sorry to hear you went through this again. I am SO glad your rate did come down after a bit. Hopefully the cardiologist will be open very soon to see you and get a new plan, or medication possibly since they specialize in this. You are going to be OK my friend. and can always come here to find solace, hugs, calmness and friendship- have a restful and relaxing night my friend and keep us posted soon. 🫂💜🌸🌻
@iamonfire696 No problem. If you are feeling down I am around my friend. I re -read your post and saw that your heart was electro-shocked :( Did it stop? Was it like a cardiac arrest? How long have you had this condition ?
@Coralmist I didn’t have to have it electrically cardioverted. They just put the cardio pads on my chest in case the Adenosine did not work. They were hoping the chemical conversion would do the trick and they wouldn’t have to resort to that.
Every time you use Adenosine you need more and more of it so it will get to the point where the only option will be to shock me back into rhythm. I don’t want that 😭.
@iamonfire696 awww I see. Well you are a TROOPER .... I hope the cardiologist can really go through everything thoroughly and talk about this condition, and what is the best route to truly minimize it. Let us know what they say 💗
