It's been 10 days, and I am still in the hospital. I walk two or three (very short) laps around this floor and my heart rate is upwards of 130, my lips, fingers, and toes are increasingly blue-tinged. My oxygen saturation levels are even lower now, after sitting here for over a week. So what have we accomplished so far? Let me tell you. I had the arterial blood gas sampling done on Sunday. It took a couple more tries but success! It was of course, painful but nothing that I couldn't handle, especially if it meant an answer and an easy fix. My arterial blood looked very dark as she was drawing it out, not the bright red oxygenated blood you usually see from arteries. The doctor commented on this, and said that it was very interesting. Unfortunately, I did not have an abnormal level of methemoglobin. So that ruled out methemoglobinemia . The plan was to have an echocardiogram on Monday. After waiting most of the day, I got pushed to the next day's schedule
(Formerly known as Life with Cushing's)