All was going well in the doctors checked babies heart beats, my weight and went to check my blood pressure which was ok but asked how I been feeling. I explained that I felt quite exhausted and only walked from car park to doctors and felt rather breathless. The doctor then said that my heart beat was really fast and if I had any heart pulpertations (mind my spelling) yes i told her that sometimes I felt like my heart was going extreme and was about to pump out of my chest (I just told myself that this was pregnancy symptom) she said she would like to do an ECG to check how my heart was. I thought this my routine so went and did it, after I got this done I was back in the docs room and she said she was quite concerned with my heart rythyms and she was writing me a letter to get checked at the hospital. She said to go to the emergency part and hand over the letter.
I still was thinking I not feeling that bad surely I will be ok, I rang Kane to let him know that I had to go back to hos and he said he will met me their. Unfortuntly with having no family here I had to drive in, not sure if I should have or not but got their safely.
As I got to the counter I thought o great prob have hours wait before I get seen. But no they read my doc's letter and straight away we were in the ED and I was getting hooked up to all sorts of machines. Lots of docs were coming and asking lots of questions, about my breathlesness and my heart palpitations. I explained everything that I noticed them around a week ago and becoming more frequent although I thought it went with the pregnancy. I was now beginning to panic and almost of the verge of tears seeing how serious this could be, they were telling me about a radiation test I would have to undergo after they did bloods, my test came back high so was sent for the scan to check my lungs for clots. My heart rate was around 130 when I went into the hosptial and was sitting around the 110-120 mark not going down at all. Getting the scan was scary, I had to inhale this gas and then got put on this board which moved me in a huge machine and took photos of my lungs. They then put something through my drip and then put the machine on again prob went for about an 1hour and my back was aching from lying flat. I was still hooked up to my machine checking heart rate and blood pressure also hooked up to a defibulator. After the test they were able to tell me that my lungs looked fine and that their was no clots spotted. Pheww I was so happy as that idea freaked me out! Heading back to ED to find out what was going to happen from here on in. I was hoping that I could go home although Kane said he doubted his highly and wanted to know what was going on. As it was friday and round 6pm lots of the staff had gone home for the night, they wanted to do a heart scan to see how it was functioning however the specialist had gone home. The doc came in and said there are some things that worried him, about my case and that I was gonna need to stay a night or a couple for observation. I was a little devastated but I knew it was the best thing to do for me and the babies.
I got to my ward and I was so tired, Kane was exhausted as well by this stage was close to 10, he went home and I settled into my new short term bed. Having the drip in my arm and the hosptial bed I was very uncomfy and think that night I got about 4 hours sleep.
Saturday morning came along and Kane arrived just before the docs to check how I was going (was also getting my obs done every 3-4 hours) my heart rate was still high and they agreed that I need the heart scan as I was stable, they told me it would be done on Monday... I knew I wasnt getting out of here til after the weekend. I was in a room with 3 others. An older deaf lady and an older man who when talking to each were pretty much yelling she was up from 6am making a racket!! They were quite funny and the other lady was around 50 and quite nice. I still felt tired and wished my heart would slow down! Kane stayed with me the whole day and even took me outside for a trip in the wheelchair, was nice to get some fresh air and be out of the room. I was able to get my drip out as I didnt need any medication via it and Kane had brought in my pillow I hoped that I would sleep decent tonight as my body was just exhausted still and I did, still getting woken up to do blood pressure etc was a pain and the trips to the toilet and the old woman talking very loud throughout the night I slept pretty good. Well as good as possible. I wanted to be back in my own bed more than anything.. Sunday was pretty much the same I felt like I had a bit more energy so today I felt like walking down to the food court so Kane could get lunch, my room mates, the deaf older lady was discharged this morning so left me with the other lady (Ann-marie)and the eldery man (Robbie), they had said they would like to go for a walk as well, Robbie was able to walk and Ann was in a wheel chair that Kane offered to push. They were stoked when Kane would visit especially Robbie who had given us his life story 2x. But they were nice and made the days go quicker. When we got back the midwife was coming to check the babies, she came prepared with 3 dopplers to get all the babies heart beats and after some trial and error we heard all 3 strong heart beats going for it! Always makes me feel at ease, Robbie also thanked me for being able to hear them he thought it was amazing and felt very privledged to be able to hear them.
Monday morning came around and I was overly eager to get the test done and get out of there! They came and got me and took me around to the cardio area, after about 45 minutes it was done and I just wanted the results. Heading back the room, I told Kane that we should pack up all my stuff so we can get out of there. The obstritcian came around to check me also and the babies ask me some more questions and said that my blood tests came back very low iron and to start taking them immediately. It wasnt long before my doc came to see me they had the report and my heart functions were normal just working a lot harder and faster. They put this down to carrying triplets and it putting stress on my body and especially my heart. I was glad to hear this as I was going to be ok just need to take it very very easy. I was so eager we got the gears and headed home... At last :)
The trip home however I started to feel a little sick and with the wind on my face I hoped the traffic would speed up. Getting home I was exhausted straight to bed as Kane went and done the groceries, he came home and I hadnt moved, I didnt feel that great but was so glad to be home. He made devilled sausages for dinner, I wasnt to hungry but ate some and went back to bed, lying in bed my tummy started to churn. I was then up out of bed and just made it to the bathroom where i started projectile vomiting :( it was horrible I had no control, and this caused my heart to race more and made the breathlesness quite bad. Just as i had finished vomiting I then got a bleeding nose. I was a little worried if I should be at home and so was Kane saying to me you were to quick to leave. I told him Id see how I was going tomorrow. I woke up in the morning feeling ok just now have a hint of the flu (runny nose and very blocked up). Lets hope the rest of week 23 is a lot better than the start!! Looking forward to the growth scan on Thursday :)
Photos included of my time at the hosptial..
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