We're glad to be home from the Littleton Hospital ER on this otherwise pleasant Sunday evening. Jennefer had another SVT (fast resting heartbeat) event, that went longer than any she’d remembered, and the clinic recommended she go.
The ER PA taught her a trick that knocked her heart rate right down to normal; we need to remember that one! It involves simply trying to blow into a limited-airflow tube (a straw would probably work) for perhaps 15 seconds while sitting up, then quickly lying back. After that, it stayed down in the normal resting rate.
[This event closely followed a few days of nausea, followed by a long period of vomiting Friday and Saturday, not positive why. We resorted to calling her medical clinic on Saturday. They recommended a visit by a mobile service that could provide home IV to get her rehydrated, replenish electrolytes, and administer anti-nausea meds. The mobile techs thought she was getting over a virus, but we’re skeptical.]
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