Our 29 year old son, David, is in the cardiac care unit of a Tampa Hospital after having some kind of episode on Saturday that terrified us all. He had been acting totally normal, laughing and talking, when suddenly he made a guttural groan and fell backward to the floor. When I turned to look at him, he was having an indescribably horrible "seizure." It was horrifying to see. We called 911 and after what seemed like an eternity, the ambulance showed up and they rushed him to the hospital.
For about 20 minutes after he became aware of his surroundings, he knew nothing. He couldn't tell us where he was, why our family was all together. He doesn't remember the incident, but only remembers being in line and then waking up on the floor wondering why everybody was gathered around him.
They doctors say it wasn't actually a seizure per-se, but seems to be the result of a problem he was having with his heart. They don't really know for sure what the problem is, but think it is likely that he has a blood clot in his lung. Obviously, this is a life-threatening situation. They started him on blood thinner last night to try to dissolve the clot - if that's what they are indeed seeing on the cat scan results. His heart rate was dangerously high all day Saturday but, thank God, yesterday was normal. They said the EKG shows that the right side of his heart is working too hard to pump blood - another indication that it is likely a clot restricting blood flow.
Today they will do more tests. They said the EKG showed abnormalities in about four ways. His blood work returned abnormal. The doctors said, "right now we have more questions than answers." They are baffled that a 29 year old would experience this sort of thing. Thankfully, it is a teaching hospital, so they plan to do pretty much every test imaginable to find out the cause.
We would appreciate your prayers for David.
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