A Couple of Days in ER

This week I spent two days in the emergency room and the heart center at Our Lady of the Lake because of numbness in my left hand, arm, and face. The first was on Monday.They did all the heart test. On Friday I went for an MRI. I had to get medicated to stay in that tube. I am so claustrophobic. I then went back to the office fully drugged. I wanted to just lay down somewhere and sleep for a couple of hours but then I started having pains in my chest. My good employees did not ask they just got on the phone and the next thing I knew I was in an ambulance headed back to ER and then the heart center at Our Lady of the Lake.
After a couple of days of being tested with the most expensive equipment in the world and handled by the absolute most wonderful staff in the world…we still don’t know why my face and arm are numb and tingling but we are pretty sure its not my heart. I go back to the neurologist and the cardiologist next week to see if they can discover anything. The good news is that everyone is in the 90 percentile that it is not my heart. Could have been a mild stroke but they don’t think so.
I was amazed at how many people helped to take care of me. My two Internet coordinators sounded the warning when they didn’t like what they were seeing in me…my Internet director was the one that decided to make the call to emergency. My HR Manager jumped in and directed all my personal communication with the EMS, the Doctors, my family and friends.
The owner was there, with prayers, as they were rolling me out to place me in the ambulance. I saw many faces of concern and lips that moved saying “I am praying for you.” I think heaven was bombarded with prayers and His angels were all around me.I simply had to be okay.
The text and calls came all evening and one of our GMs made it to the hospital to check on me personally. One young man went and picked up my car, brought it to the hospital and brought my personal belongings to me. I am overwhelmed at the immediacy of the response.
I have no family here in Louisiana, they did arrive later, but I never felt alone for even one minute. Since I have been out of the hospital and back home several have offered to come and stay here or to take me to their homes.
I am so moved by the people I work with. Here is the truth. I work with amazing people and given the chance they proved amazing!
I am doing great and the Dr has released me with some meds and a diet plan but I am doing well and looking forward to getting back to work with this absolutely outstanding group of people. Thanks to everyone!