Saturday, October 20, 2012

Let me get you updated. Last Wednesday morning thru yesterday I was having low bp and elevated heat rate. My bp at the start of the rehab was 113/xx with a 8x heart rate indicating something was wrong. My ability to do the exercises was restricted and had to use 02 most of the time I was there. My exit bp was 99.60 with the heart rate still elevated. My normal rate is 60. Above 70 means I have something wrong.

I went to my 2 pm doctors appointment and had an ekg and my vitals taken. The first medical assistant  was unable to get my bp as she could not hear it.A second person came in and was also unable ot get my bp on the first try. The second try she was successful and got 88/58. My bp was low thru Friday bit not that low.

Friday night I ran a fever of 100.4 and woke up Saturday with no fever and feeling fine. I would call that normal for me. I did two loads of clothes and took a nap around 3 pm. I woke up at 6:30 pm with a warm feeling. My temp was talken at 7 pm with a 99.8 reading. At 8 pm the temp reading was 99.9. With all I have wrong, my temp cutoff is 103. Above that is a call for an ambulance and a trip to the hospital. Any infection I would have is life threatening above that number.

With an elevated heart rate, my ability to process 02 into the blood steam and exchange C02 out is restricted. My saturation level drops from room air at 97-99% to 92-94%. At that lower level I have to have 02 assist and breath very laboriously. I am basically unable to speak while I am trying to inhale as much 02 as possible.

Bp as of the end of this is 107/74 and 67. I have stopped my bp med to get my bp to rise to higher level. so far I have been off that med 24 hrs now.

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