There was no hurry to move me to the hospital room I had been assigned since the procedure to open the blockage and to place a stint in my heart was now complete and I was stable. Two assistant technicians, at least that is who I thought they were, moved me from the catherization table to the gurney to move me out of the catherization lab. Once on the gurney we began the short journey down the corridor to the elevator and then up to the floor to my room was located. The journey was short. My wife joined me and let me know that the doctor had discussed what had happened with her and what the procedure was. If you haven’t guessed by now, then I will confirm that I had experienced a Widow Maker Heart Attack with 100% blockage of the Left Anterior Descending (LAD) artery. According to my wife, the doctor noted that this type of heart attack only has a 12% survival rate and that I was lucky and that I should recover. At this time my wife knew in more detail about what had happed to me, but this information was not officially given to me with a full explanation and anticipated outcome results until later in the afternoon when the cardiologist came to the room to see me.
Once we arrived to the room and I was moved to the bed along with all of the accompanying equipment and IV’s, I asked the nurse if I could go to the bathroom to pee. She explained that I could not get out of the bed for four hours depending on how I was recovering. She brought me a special bottle and helped prop me up in the bed so I could dangle my legs over the edge to pee. This was quite embarrassing since I was peeing while she was supporting my back and my wife was looking on. I filled two bottles before finishing. Oh, and that release really felt good and my bladder was very happy. My wife had a strange look on her face that I could not explain. Now the room became very busy with many visiting nurses, assistants, technicians, and staff all checking in with me to give me an explanation of what their responsibilities were. I even had to fill out a food menu for dinner and breakfast. My room was abuzz of activity for the next several hours. I guess I should be happy to be observing this since I had just survived a major heart attack but I was not out of the woods yet, I was just stable. The time passed slowly but I did settle in and I felt like I might be in the hospital for some time recovering. I really didn’t know for how long. I turned the TV on and started to look for something to watch. I’m now bored…
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