Well I get home Friday afternoon and my heart was going crazy! Like 152 BPM and it seemed like my heart was skipping beats… my wife checked and we made our way to the ER.
They checked my plus and it was AFIB with Rapid Ventricular Response my heart rate was between 160-150 and wouldn’t slow down. They gave me fast acting meds to see if my heart would slow down but after an hour my heart didn’t slow down nor come out of AFIB.
They ran an CT Angiography chest contrast a didn’t find anything acute for the heart as far as blood clots go. I didn’t have a fever so that was the only good thing going for me. But to add to it they found a 8.3 mm pulmonary nodule in my chest… yeah awesome!!
So the admitted me into the ICU and proceeded to poke and prod and put on some more aggressive medication to bring my heart rate down and get me outta AFIB.
Finally it was Sunday at 0104 my heart slowed down enough and I converted out of AFIB into a normal rhythm! The most scary few days of my life…. But now lets get to the recovery!!
Britt Sanchez ACI Knee Experience 2020 