Having the Stent placed in my artery gave me real relief immediately, and I was soon in the intensivecare unit hooked up to all the usual monitoring equipment. My partner came in to see me so that she could see for herself that I was OK so that she could call my children and let them know that the initial crisis was over.
The first thing that the medical staff seemed to be concerned about now that I had been "fixed" was to get the iodine flushed out of my system and the blood thinners down to a more normal level. This seemed to mean drinking lots of water and taking some very effective directics.....
But at last it was timefor some food. Little was I to know that I was on a "salt free" diet. Bread without salt is special. Cheese without salt is grim, but vegetables are tolerable. And so life began again and I managed to get some rest. The next day my two eldest children drove over from Geneva to see how I was getting along. It was good to see them as I felt no pain now and the Dr. seemed to think that the damage to my heart muscle was not too severe. However It would take some months before I would be fully fit again.
As Vichy is quite a way from my home it was agreed that I would be transfered to Moulins on Tuesday. I guess that as I was still in the intensive care unit and I was being transfered to the another intensive care unit, the ambulance that I travelled in decided it was a full emergency, and so it was another trip with sirens etc. The driver was very good. Smooth, but very quick as he worked the traffic. So I was soon installed in Moulins just five minutes from home. My lovely partner came in to see me after another salt free lunch, and it almost felt normal except that I was still not allowed out of bed.
The only slightly confusing thing about the situation I found myself concerned differing comments about the scale of damage to my heart. I was examined by a different cardiologist each day.
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