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Easter surprise
When I awakened at 7:00 AM, looking forward to celebrating Resurrection Sunday, I immediately knew something was amiss. I checked my pulse and discovered it was very erratic. I grabbed the blood pressure monitor and strapped it on. Sure enough I found the reason for my malaise. My blood pressure was significantly elevated and my heart rate was jumping all around - another episode of atrial fibrillation.
Off to the ER in Carlsbad, NM. It happened that the on-duty doctor was a cardiologist. They strapped for an EXG and tubed for an IV and took blood and xrayed as expected. By the time they got all the results back, my heart had converted back to a regular, steady beat and the blood pressure normalized. Then by 10:15 AM I was released to go my way. I feel like I found the prize Easter Egg.
On reflection, I determined I had consumed too much caffeine on Saturday. Too much caffeine can cause a heart with the propensity to go a-fib to do so. Lesson learned ....again.
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