Bam!
October 11th, 2007 melTuesday, I went into the hospital to get an upgrade to my defibrillator. I’ve had it since 2005, but it has never gone off. Tuesday, after the upgrade, on Wednesday morning (4:30am), it went off. I had been told over the years, that I’d know when it went off and it would feel like getting kicked in the chest. They were right!!!
Basically it’s a shock to the heart, like when you see a medical program on TV and the medic puts a paddle on either side of the patient’s chest and shouts, “Clear!”. My heart had not stopped, it went into VTach (ventricular tachycardia). VTach is when the heart is beating too fast for the heart to do its job correctly.
I”m back home now and my chest is not only sore from the installation of the new defibrillator, but from the defibrillator going off… at least I know it works.
