I like to keep you guys updated with all of my medical stuff, so here's what went down for me today: I went to the hospital this morning because I was feeling nauseous, I threw up a bit, have diarrhea and constipation. I had a hard time falling asleep last night because I threw up and felt really hot. While this stuff sounds like I may have the flu, it could also mean heart rejection for transplant patients, which is why I went to the hospital. The good news is that my blood levels showed no signs of rejection. However, my EKG showed that my heart was "slightly enlarged", these being the words of the doctor. Although he said this showed up on my last EKG when I was in the ER in February, this is the first time I heard about it. I had a catheter in March in Albuquerque, where I'm seen by my specialists, and they didn't mention this at all to me. The ER doctor thought that this was normal, so he didn't bother calling my cardiologists. So, there was a huge argument between my mother and the doctor to call my specialists, which he finally caved into doing. I've never heard of Post Transplant Heart Enlargement in the past, so it kinda has me worried. The reason why I didn't have a transplant when I was a kid was because the doctors originally believed that the disease I was born with would infect the new heart. Once we found out that the disease wouldn't get into a new heart, they were more open to the idea of me having a transplant. But now hearing that it has enlarged, even though it's slight, has me really worried. I'm honestly just hoping that it really is nothing, and may be just stress. I'm not really going to know more information for a while. I've had an appointment scheduled to see my specialist on Wednesday (I've had it set up for months, so hey, good timing), so hopefully I'll know more then. C'mon health; can i live?!
