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Thursday to Saturday discomfort,
Could it be ghost of gall bladder long since removed?
Too much pain, too long,
As a nurse she had to give in and go to Emergency
Denial, denial, she couldn't be having a heart attack,
Too young, not the right symptoms, but they insisted she get into bed Stay overnight, let us check you.
Well trained staff, that's for sure, she had trained them herself
She knew how good they were
Family history of heart disease, stroke during angioplasty on Mother
Terrifying to think it was her lot too.
Thin, hardworking, smoking, very overburdened with other people's problems
Time to lie back, rest and heal. Let us take care of you.
Echo cardiogram, angiogram
Monitors and blood work
Whispers, puzzlement
Final decision...spasm of blood vessels (she is prone to migraine, one sister has Reynaud's disease, another arterial problem)
My sister lives 300 miles from me and 800 miles from my brother. She is younger than I am, we cannot give her up easily. We pack enoght clothing for a few days and drive on the winter roads, hoping the weather won't prevent us from reaching her......
She had a heart attack they say
Only it didn't seem that way
When the tests came out;
No blockage, no lesion, no plaque displayed
Doctors baffled about what to say
Stress is one culprit, there is no doubt.
Good nutrition, quitting smoking and lessen stress
May keep her heart from so much duress
And panic attack
Spasms of blood vessels cut off the flow
Such a thing can kill, and you never know
If or when it will come back.
Mike, our brother travelled two days
To give support in a personal way
And I went too
Just so glad to see her happy smiles
It was worth the stretch of all those miles
Affection proved.
So we hope she can prevent another bout
We'd find her hard to do without,
She's about as good as sisters get;
But I wonder if smoking will start again
When she decides it won't do her in
As it hasn't, as of yet.
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