Caring Hearts

My New Years Eve began with quite an interesting experience.  So grateful to the clinical staff at Harefield hospital... I had my Exercise Echocardiogram to assess my heart wellbeing as I get breathless on exertion and sometimes chest tightening.   Its all part of my sleep apnoeas condition.. So my New Years eve party was sitting cycling in a frontless gown... with no sequins... lol... and disco lights from the flashing red and green lights of the meter readings on my target cycle exertion ... while IV contrast medium and drugs given ... This was some party ... lol ... with two lovely clinicians monitoring heart ECG and scanning my coronary arteries... Heart with a Crown ... Coronary name as they form a crown around the heart muscle... 

My two Earth Angels were one from Turkey and another Filipino... we all clicked  together in love & care as I have connections to both lands ...and as a retired nurse and midwife we had lots of clinical links .. hospital to me feels like going home so many years in practice with long duty spans ... But something very special about Harefield . Lovely atmosphere literally heartfelt sense of caring and understanding vulnerability...with empathy & compassion able to strengthen that vulnerability..from  receptionist to  consultants that care... Such experts in their field with clinical skills .. So was in good hands ... I was a bit ...not dizzy... but muzzy headed after the procedure so was observed for a while till my observations were normalised .. Fluids given and some energy food.  I felt better to return home ... 

At home had some sleep with my CPAP then later watched the New Year in ... 

Lets hope for Peace & Healing Health for the New Year for us all and our planet home

I am sharing some photos of the Christmas tree and trinkets that were in the Echocardiogram reception area ... love how someone made little dolls of the staff out of thanks for all their care.

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