Friday, November 6, 2009

The incident that shook my life completely

Hello all...
I dunno whr to start this but i wan u all to b aware of this.
Its abt my dad....

There was this day when my mom n dad went happily to my neighbour's daughter's wedding reception and came back home at night. The next day was normal with my dad getting ready for the office n mom preparing b'fast n lunch for him... Jus then he complained of having ache in his shoulder. N as always he gave self explanation that y'day's dinner might have caused bit of gas problem.
He started walkin, but after taking few steps he was not able to walk further and thought of going back home ( the greatest mistake which he din make ), but his cab came so he went 2 office.
But after reaching the office, he was not able to do ath. So his manager compelled him to go to hospital, which i know he wudnt hav done if nt for his boss. ( Usual act of evry parent). So he called my mom to take his medical book n come 2 hospital.
( our town has only GH n no private hospitals) .
After a clear examination, my dad was made to admit and they said that it was a general check up. And till that time no doctor came to visit. My mom thought there was no necessary to call any1 for help. To say, she s a very bold woman. But at late afternoon, she called one of our close frnds jus for help.

In the mean time, they took, ecg and xray and scan for dad. He was ok by then. He went to bathrooms thrice walkin and then was relaxing. By evening, a doctor came to visit, he then told my mom to call some one for help. My mom was confused, but she did call the uncle. My dad again stood up to go to bathroom, jus then a nurse came rushin in and said him not to. And the doctor immediately gave reference to chennai appollo . It was evening by then. The uncle too came for rescue.

They set off in an ambulance. By dad was speaking normally and at night asked my mom n the uncle to go and have their dinner and then they proceeded. By the time they reached appollo it was 11. And dey took my dad in stretcher and when they called him for some question he was numb. They called his name repeatedly but no response.
The doctors immediately put some injection and gave shock treatment for quite some time before they came to know he was alive.
In the meanwhile, a doctor took my uncle out of earshot of my mom and asked him to arrange for an ambulance coz dey thought my dad won b alive and he cant b brought back to life again.
It was his first severe attack. To exactly say second, coz doc said he had a minor attack when in travel.
I dunno wat to say, if it is by means of God's grace , my dad made it.
Then the regular treatment and they did angioplasty ( they put a small stent inside the artery to let blood pass through ). And he was finally out of hospital after some 3 weeks and now he s leading a normal life.

Now let me list out the mistakes that happened during the procedure which resulted for his attack.

1. The doc in GH, they knew the variation in ECG but neva revealed it to my mom. If dey had done it, she wud hav taken him immediately to appollo and this wudnt hav become this complex.
2. when they identify such variation, the patient is not allowed to walk , coz it means he gives more pressure to his heart which risks his heart attack
3. The doc shud have given an injection immediately after identifying the variation in order to release the pressure in heart, which dey neva did in GH.

N not less my dad. He had BP and doc gave him tablets in which he happily left over a tab called 'ecosprin' 5 yrs back which is very necessary not for BP but for the heart. It is used to purify the blood coming to heart.

If any 1 had been correctly followed, now v won b in such a mentality of fear each and evry day. U dunno guys, each n evry day if my parents don pick up the phone the fear that sweeps through me is like . i dunno how to say. Even if i go home, if my dad fails to snore i wake up n look at him and in the morning if he wakes up late, i ll go n check in his room for his breath.

I neva intended to write this post, but the recent incident when one of my dad's collegue died . He was jus 39, leaving his 2 chilren, 1 s in 1st std n another in 7th. His wife was mentally affected coz of this. His youngest child was nt even aware dat his dad died and was playing in his funeral.

Now i wud like to take things seriously. Let me tel the symptoms of heart attack.
- It is not always necessayry to have a pain in heart
- He ll b suffering from fever and diarrhoea for 1 weeks time
- Pain in shoulders and spinal

N its growing enormously with the IT field with no physical work to do and stress at large amount. SO in case you find any person with these kind of symptoms, ask dem nt 2 b lethargic.

9 comments:

  1. few more symptoms of heartattack,

    1.Uncomfortable pressure, fullness, squeezing or pain in the center of the chest lasting more than a few minutes.

    2.Pain spreading to the shoulders, neck or arms. The pain may be mild to intense. It may feel like pressure, tightness, burning, or heavy weight. It may be located in the chest, upper abdomen, neck, jaw, or inside the arms or shoulders.

    3.Chest discomfort with light headedness, fainting, sweating, nausea or shortness of breath.

    4. Anxiety, nervousness and/or cold, sweaty skin.

    5. Paleness or pallor.

    6. Increased or irregular heart rate.

    7. Feeling of impending doom.

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  2. hmm... to be honest i ve been in prathi's sitution fr quite a long time now lik how she worried abt her father .. So i can understand how she feels exactly... dont wry de ...

    And also thanks fr d info prathi :)

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  3. Take good care of your father Prathi, dont worry dear everything will be alright soon. Thanks for sharing the info.

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  4. @prathi
    when did this happen?dont worry everything will be fine

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  5. Things sound a lil shaky. Is ur dad stil working? I am really sorry bout this worrying state ur dad has brought u guys too.

    But dont worry, u guys ve done ur best. U have been good children and a supportive family. God's gift.

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  6. @jeff
    happened months ago... in may... now life s back 2 normal... :)

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  7. @senthil
    yup.. he s working... n he s absolutely back to normal again.... :)

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  8. If its in May.. I remember u telling me abt this.. yes, its the very same incident.

    Even in ur and Bro-in-law had come for helping out rite?

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