SHAFT

To all my college buddies, the shaft has struck again...

One side effect of heart failure is sleep apnea. So, the doctor wanted me to go to a sleep clinic to be tested for sleep apnea because if I have even a little of it, my heart would suffer. So last night Ray and I packed my bag and headed to the clinic. They hooked me up to about 50 wires, squirted goo all over my head and hair, stuck my finger in a press, and shoved some tubes up my nose and mouth so they could monitor me while I had a comfortable sleep. :-) They didn't get me in bed until 11 and then I didn't get asleep until after midnight.

At 2 in the morning I was awaken to a bunch of beeping and then total darkness. THE POWER WENT OUT!! The nurse came in to check on me and told me that she wouldn't be able to hear or see me if I needed anything. She then came in a little later and told me they didn't know when the power would be back on and that the entire block was out and that if I wanted to go home, I could. I decided to wait it out to see if it came back on (plus I didn't want to wake someone up at 2 in the morning to pick me up). Then a little later my machine started beeping FOREVER and the nurse couldn't hear them so they just kept beeping. Finally around 4 I got up to use the bathroom, only to discover it was pitch black in the restroom and the toilet didn't flush. I also noticed the few backup lights they did have in the office were getting dimmer by the minute. The realization that soon I was going to be in total darkness in the clinic prompted me to call and wake my Dad to come pick me up.

Dad brought me home completely exhausted. Then, I had to shower before I could go to bed because my hair was full of goo from the clinic. Needless to say I hit the bed around six and snoozed for several hours.

This is not how you want to spend your nights when you are already in heart failure!! LOL!