God Is The Only Answer
This Hyperventilation thing, it happened again. My wife already headed off to the office this morning. I am on night shift again so we’re not going to office together. She left at 7:00 AM, and she was fine. Me and Sam were still sleepy so we went back to bed to catch another sleep.
I heard someone calling me, I thought I was just dreaming, and I saw my wife. I was not expecting she’ll come back. I let her in and asked why she returned. But before she can say her first word, her tears fell down. She hardly can catch air to breathe. I let her sit and applied the first aid we know. Get a brown bag or envelop or paper bag and breathe in there. But it seems that it’s not taking effect after all. I laid her down the bed and kept telling her to relax, don’t panic, and gently massaging her chest. But she was getting even worse. It’s like she was choking and I really didn’t know what to do. So even though I wasn’t sure, I gave her a ‘mouth-to-mouth resuscitation’, thinking that it would of any help. I did it 3 times but it’s not helping at all. So I really have no more ideas in mind. I can’t just take her to the hospital since there’s no one to take care of Sam, and she’s still in panic. I need her to calm down first. All I can do that time is to hug her tight. And I called Him, our Lord, and asked him to make my wife feel well for I really do not know anything else to make her calm down. In less than a minute, my wife started to breathe easier. Until she’s really better and we headed to the hospital.
Thanks very much, God.
At the hospital…
First, we claimed the results of her 2D Echo examination she had the other week. The result seems normal, but we have to see her Cardiologist for additional opinion, maybe. We headed to his office but her secretary told us to come back in the afternoon, 3PM.
We went back home first and waited until afternoon. Watched a movie, ate lunch, visit Sam at her grandma’s place, then went back to the hospital. We were there at around 3:15 PM but the doctor is not yet in. We waited 1 1/2 hrs more and Leah was called. So we went in, just to her that the results were indeed normal. We wanted to know what triggered the problem and the doctor just said that it’s maybe because Leah has some problems. We asked him what to do in case it happened again and he told the brown bag thing. That’s it. Less than 20 secs, we’re out of the room again.
After all, we still don’t know the root cause. I just wish that it won’t happen anymore. God, please help us.
Batangueño words for the day
salawal n. – shorts
salapot n. – upper rear part of the salawal
Just continue to have faith
Stress lng siguro yan… I also have a friend who suffers that kind of sickness… pero once in a while lang when she’s pressured… Just hang on, God never fails to answer our prayers 
God bless!
God is so good! He never fails us.
That is frightening, it’s good Leah was not yet on the road when it happened.
@jireh, that’s why I always remind her to stay calm, don’t get upset of anything, try to think of something that will take her away from being pressured.
@sexy mom, actually she was waiting for a passenger van when it happened. she was waiting for about an hour and maybe that’s why she got tired and started to get upset. But I know she was trying to be calm. She just cant control the ‘pain’…
thanks very much to both of you.
I hope she gets better soon. Kaya siguro kayo “nawawala sa sirkulasyon.”
Did she undergo a battery of tests? Personally, I would go on the safe side and have a complete physical or even an executive checkup at Makati Med or St. Luke’s. And consult other doctors (read: Specialists cardio, neuro, pulmo, internal, etc) go to the same doctor. She might be anxious as you suspect and having a clean bill of health may ease her.
Some other thought, though not conventional: For a month or so , just watch comedies, feel-good and “light films” (stop watching the popular series and suspense). Also play soothing classical music or maybe even some instrumental church-songs (Like Bukas Palad). Another one is affirmation and visualization. Let her write an affirmation to herself such as “I am happily going through my pregnancy with ease and joy, my baby and I as healthy as can be.” As often as she can, let her repeat this to herself aloud with conviction and a smile on her face. Visualization – let her imagine how a perfect pregnancy and delivery should go and hold on to this “vision” several times a day. I’ve tried this and it works!
Another one I do to my children is whispering in the ear. Read it here and apply to Leah.
God bless to you and your family.
Hi everyone! Its your favorite buntis fairy,hehehe…
Thanks for your advice. One of these days I will schedule an executive checkup at Makati Med. My Kumare also advised me to get a second opinion and go to other specialists, she recommend I go to a neurologist or pulmonologist since my chest pains are getting frequent. I notice now that even when I am not tired, I would feel pain in my chest, in the breast bone part, like someone really big is stepping on my chest, next thing, I can’t breathe, I try but air is not going to my lungs, that’s when I hyperventilate, to force air into my lungs. Did I also mention that I nosebleed often now? It’s not the runny type but whenever I clean my nose, streaks of red comes with the mucous, (sorry to have said that). I’m pretty sure its not a tear in my nose’s inner skin, it’s like deeper – from the sinus area. Hay… Thank God Aldrin is always supportive. God Bless us!
Hi honey, how was your day? We’re on a different shift again this week and I miss you and Sam and our new baby.