Heartfelt Moments

It's been a long time coming.  

All this blogging has taken a back seat to a few things in my life that I have placed a 1st place standing in my mind due to my lack of employment. 

Though - it always come down to a life changing experience - to put - life - back in tact......right?........... Right?!

Here's my story:

-Mission 41- The Heart of Life

The night - going along like any other.... Me, sitting, and watching "Scrubs" on the internet.  I indulged in a few Youtube clips that would satisfy my need of entertainment as MegaVideo decided to ever soo nicely cut out my video with ten minutes to go due to me watching too many minutes worth of free television that night.

Sooo Youtube seemed to be the most appropriate fit.

I had but only begun when my heart began to race....  I thought to myself how ridiculous this seemed due to me only laughing slightly at the blooper reel from the television show "Extra's" I was watching.  But the heart kept going. 

Racing heart was no longer the problem.  IT began to beat harder and harder giving me a strange feeling that I can only best describe as your "foot falling a sleep.... but in your chest".  The pain was no longer an issue due to it subsiding into an uncomfortable fuzzy feeling and my chest now pulsating up and down with every beat. 

The pounding was hitting enough nerves that my stomach began to tense with every beat....  Scared now - I attempted to get up from my bed............  It didn't work.

I managed to roll off my bed where I immediately found out that my entire left side had become numb.  I fell to the ground hoping to find some clothes and get myself downstairs to my mother where I could initially gain enough shock to get rushed to the hospital.  

Staring at me long enough as the pain abruptly stopped and my breathe now coming back.

I was against the drama of an ambulance so I had my mother rush me quickly to the hospital.

They took me immediately upon arrival.  After explaining what had happened they strapped me up to have en EKG scan of my heart.  Things seemed fine there - it was as if I had come from a quick jog.  - But of course I hadn't - so this was still a bit frightening but alas my heart rate was slowing down more and more. 

The nurses took me to my own room and asked for me to put on the hospital gown they had left out for me and said they would be back in a few moments.  I put on the gown and awaited the nurse to get back and either tell me what was happening - do some tests - lead in a doctor - or tell me to go home......  She sort of .... well........

SO she walks in.........  Takes a long look at me and says ..... "ummm....errr... ahh ahem.. Mr.Boyd.... ummm......  You didn't have to ahhh............ You didn't have to take off your pants."

"hmm.... Boy I look foolish."

"Oh don't worry - I'll just take some blood!  Do you have any fear of blood?"

"Nope...  I do however have a fear of pain - though I'm rather comfortable here embarrassed without my pants."

...................... a few moments later.......

"Alright, I'm done here.  The doctor will be with you in just a moment."

"okay!  I'll just..ummm.  Stay here....and uhh.... ahem put on my pants....cough"

The doctor came in a little while longer and began to ask me a few questions to establish my history of health and to find out if I had been taking any sort of med's at all.  Her sense of small talk wasn't as great as the nurses.  

"So I see you're 21"

"yep"

"What do you do?"

"Well I was studying Musical Theatre for a while there but now I am just taking it full time..  I went to......"

"Hold on a second"

She began to listen to my heart beat in several different places...........  Then she left....

"Sheridan... ahem....... I went to Sheridan..........."

Took a while before she came back.  My mother was now in the room waiting with me.  

The Doctor came back and said they were waiting a few minutes as they were still deliberating whether or not to do a chest x-ray.  So as we waited my mother explained to the Resident Doctor that her father (as well as all her brothers) all had heart diseases and died from heart attacks before the age of 50......

FANTASTIC mom.... That's just super!  Me here now sitting on a hospital bed as Doctors are monitoring my heart.... Thats just.... fantastic......  Only if you had said this prior to me putting on my pants I wouldn't be soo worried about soiling myself...... sighh.

Alas, they let me leave with the information of taking it easy and not do anything like indulge in such heavenly wonders such as the sweet sweet taste of a Tim Hortons Coffee....... sighh... 

My tests seemed to end with everything looking fine.  Though I am still awaiting my blood test results and a call from some sort of Doctor to tell me what the heck is wrong with me.

I am.... at the moment - hanging out writing music and awaiting for a fun filled weekend where I have been hired to be..... TO BE -- we're talkin verbs here people...... Now to toss in my noun ......  ELVIS PRESLEY 

Thanks for coming back to read a little Skat of another nature.....  Thank you...ahem.. Thank'ya Verrry Much ;) 

-pJ