Well, my husband decided to get in on the health kick too. He challenged a co-worker to a one mile race exactly one month from now. He hasn't run in a while, but his competitor runs daily. Nevertheless, my honey is sure he will win the race. So Monday night he heads out in the cold weather to begin his training. Training to him means go out and try to kill yourself apparently. He tears out the front door at high speed, rounds the corner and all of a sudden his heart starts beating wildly. He decides he hasn't run far enough to be having this kind of feeling so he picks up the pace. But his heart also picks up the thudding. Feeling dejected he ends up walking home.
He sprawls himself on the sofa, announcing, "I don't feel so well." Well......being married to a man who ALWAYS overdoes exercise, I just didn't pay that much attention. After about 2 hours he say, "I'm not recovering from my run very well, I have a sinking feeling in my chest." We decide to go to bed. Then he asks me to feel his pulse. It is WILDLY out of rhythm. So off to the ER we go.
After several hours at the ER they transfer him via EMS to another hospital and admit him....about 4:30 a.m. The cardiologist comes in, checks him out and says, "He is in no danger, but tomorrow morning I will sedate you and SHOCK your heart back into a regular rhythm." With the paddles? "Yes, like you see on the TV show ER but at a much lower voltage." GREAT!!!
Luckily for us his heart converted to a regular rhythm on it's own and we are home now without any volts.
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