Yet another exciting night at the Reynolds/Fines household

I was snoozing really nice, in the middle of a dream - something about water, and Tom has the guts to wake me up!!  He said, "Hey, you need to get up, your mom needs you"  After I came to - I started to mom's side of the house and knew that I would be calling 911 in a short time.  I could tell by the look on her face that we were in crisis mode.  I got to her and she said that her chest was hurting very badly and she couldn't take a deep breathe without severe pain.  I asked her if she wanted me to take her or call 911 - she said she couldn't make it to the car so a call was in order.  I tell you, with work I should be considered a frequently flyer with 911!!!  Anyway, I called them then went to tell Alayna that Oma was sick and needed help that I couldn't give her.  I didn't want her to be scared since she sleeps right outside Oma's room.  She went in to sit with Oma while I went to find Tom and tell him to get prepared.

We are lucky to have the Assistant Fire Chief for Boone County right down the road and he was the first to arrive and after visiting with Oma for a few minutes, he told me that we have an problem.  He wasn't ruling out heart attack, but was concerned that her blood pressure wouldn't register on her cuff and her heart was beating uncontrollable and irregular.

So, anyhowmany...they came, they saw, and they conquered.  They got her down the steps with no problem (which was one of her biggest fears about moving upstairs).  She is now a resident of Boone Hospital for the next few days until the cardiologist can figure out what happened.  They said that it doesn't appear to be a heart attack but A-Fib like what happened about 15 years ago.  They have given her 3 different heart meds along with other pain meds and now, after more than 4 hours her pain is only about 1 -2 where it was 8-9 when she arrived here.

She is in room 3111 on the cardiac floor.  After 3 hours sleep, I am going to head to work in about an 15 minutes and do my reports and then back up here to hopefully see the doctor when he comes in.

More when I know it.