Somewhat wasted day

I got to Dr Guerra's rooms at 7:20 this morning, the expected traffic did not materialise. It was a day of waiting. Good thing I took my book, and a new one just incase I finished that one! Had an early ECG that showed I was in arrythmia, so we went ahead and I was admitted for the day. This time instead of spending hours waiting in the reception while they found me a bed I was sent straight up to the ward... it looked like this might be a quick one.

I got my own room which was and wasn't cool, atleast when there are nurses rushing around you feel like you can't be forgotten. Every now and then someone would traipse in and do and ECG or take blood or put a drip in. But mostly I lay back and read my book, napped, read some more. Finished my book, started the new one. I watched 10 o'clock go by then 11, then 12 at 1pm I got up and went to find out what was going on.

Apparently i was in a general ward and for the procedure I needed to be in the high care ward, but there weren't any beds there currently so I waited and waited while they juggled patients around to find me a bed. Finally at about 2:30 I walked into the high care ward, much to the disgust of the other patients who were variously wired up or being beaten by physio's. I was soon to be wired up myself, but mercifully there was no physio to beat me... or perhaps...

Anyway as I lay there on the monitors one of the sisters came and asked what the problem was, I dutifully answered the usual questions, and then she said, "But you're in sinus rhythm", which was kindof what I though from my appointment on Wednesday morning. Anyway they were most puzzled and said you couldn't cardiovert someone in sinus rhythm blah blah blah. Eventually the doctor came and was a little puzzled himself, but a few minutes he returned and concurred that he thought I was in sinus and could go home. At first I thought he was joking, but apparently not!

Seems the amiodarone has done the trick for now, and I should keep taking 1 of these nasty tablets for the next month! But the proof of the pudding is in the eating and I will only know for certain whether his call is right once I go for a test drive so to speak. I'm gonna give the drug some more time to do it's work and only go for a walk on Monday, then I should know the true verdict.