ER

Quote of the day:
"In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual."
--Galileo

Last night Merrie was experiencing some chest pain. She took two nitroglycerine tablets, but the pain didn’t go away. The instruction we were given when this happens is to go to the emergency room. So we went.

Much to our relief, she was not having a heart attack. After the usual round of tests, the doctor suggested she may be having some kind of respiratory inflammation in reaction both to what she’s gone through and her unusually active day yesterday. We had gone both to the pet store and to Vons.

Merrie has the distinction of having blood drawn three times in a 24-hour period. We had been to the lab yesterday afternoon for some routine follow-up blood tests. Then the ER nurse drew several vials in the evening. Then, this morning she had an appointment with our family doctor, and he, too, ordered blood tests.

That may not be enough. This afternoon we are going back to the hospital for a follow-up appointment with the cardiologist. Do you think he’ll want blood?