I survived my first cardiac arrhythmia
Hi,My name is Sabine, I am 32 years old and I come from Mauritius. I was born with a heart anomally and was operated at 4 months old in Johannesburg. My parents were told that I would be fine and would lead a normal life and... I did, until now.
Last Sunday was the scariest night of my life... I had a cardiac arrythmia for the first time...
On Sunday evening my fiancé rushed me to the ER as I could feel my heart throbbing abnormally fast.. We got to the ER and they were not equiped for any heart patients unfortunately. They gave me medication to calm me down until the SAMU (French ambulance) arrived to take over. It took for ever, every second felt like hours and my heart kept going faster... The medication the doctor gave me was not working...
I could see the scare in the eyes of the ER doctor on call... He was not trained for this type of emergency...
The SAMU finally (an hour later) arrived and took me into their care. They drove me straight to the hospital to the heart division.
The drive felt really long, all I could focus on was that I did not want to leave my fiancé behind if I died it would break his heart and I refused to let that happened. I like to believe that these were the thoughts that kept me going, my fiancé, my rock, my everything...
My heart went up to 260/min, they sedated me... my heart stopped and they defibrillated me as I got to the hospital.
I woke up a few minutes later and spoke to my fiancé, I don't remember much... just that I was brought to a room to rest shortly after waking up.
I spent a couple of nights at the hospital.
I am now on medication until further notice.
When I read all the testimonies on this website what I went through seems benign but I feel that this has changed me.
I feel physically bruised inside, I have shortness in breath and I feel different...
Emotionally I feel like some part of me is out of focus and that I am opening a new chapter... In-between chapters are always a little messy...
My cardiologist says to be patient... I have more checkups this week and the next.
I am not sure if I have any questions... I just wanted to share my story...
For those that read me, thank you...