laurabelle
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I wrote a whole reply within Linda's post, scrolled down to finish and it disappeared, ugh.
Linda- Thank you for all the helpful info. I printed some out. Unfortunately when I found him lying unconscious I panicked and I didn't look for his vital signs, just tried to rouse him. He was a little disoriented, and was up walking around telling us the blood needed to be cleaned up (there was a lot of it) He was simply unconscious, no signs of seizures. He didn't trip and fall. I saw him go up the steps and our kitchen isn't large so he didn't go far. He had no warning, didn't feel light headed, he said it was a whoosh, and that's all he remembered. I told him, I don't know if it's related to the panic attacks, but he was not having any trouble before that. In fact we were pretty happy, his long weekend had already started and we had fun plans. I told him I think he may have more than one thing going on.
Yesterday he spent most of the day sleeping. By late afternoon he wanted to take a walk. We got less than a block and he needed to turn around. He was unsteady but wouldn't stop and sit. He said when he hit the door his throat was dry. I got him water and called the dr. The answering service dr. called back and I explained the background to her and let him talk to her. She said she thought he was dehydrated. It's true, he slept most of the day and he hadn't eaten since lunch and this was close to dinnertime. He drank lots of water and we spent the rest of the evening in bed watching t.v.
I need to get him an appt. Wed. to have his stitches out, plus he and I both need Tetanus shots...oh yeah, and it's our 19th anniversary on Wed. lol When he has his f/u next week with his primary I plan on going with him, so he can have an advocate. I will definitely ask about the cardiologist. Again, thank you!
Laurie- I'm glad you are making the best of an awful situation. Still praying for you...
Linda- Thank you for all the helpful info. I printed some out. Unfortunately when I found him lying unconscious I panicked and I didn't look for his vital signs, just tried to rouse him. He was a little disoriented, and was up walking around telling us the blood needed to be cleaned up (there was a lot of it) He was simply unconscious, no signs of seizures. He didn't trip and fall. I saw him go up the steps and our kitchen isn't large so he didn't go far. He had no warning, didn't feel light headed, he said it was a whoosh, and that's all he remembered. I told him, I don't know if it's related to the panic attacks, but he was not having any trouble before that. In fact we were pretty happy, his long weekend had already started and we had fun plans. I told him I think he may have more than one thing going on.
Yesterday he spent most of the day sleeping. By late afternoon he wanted to take a walk. We got less than a block and he needed to turn around. He was unsteady but wouldn't stop and sit. He said when he hit the door his throat was dry. I got him water and called the dr. The answering service dr. called back and I explained the background to her and let him talk to her. She said she thought he was dehydrated. It's true, he slept most of the day and he hadn't eaten since lunch and this was close to dinnertime. He drank lots of water and we spent the rest of the evening in bed watching t.v.
I need to get him an appt. Wed. to have his stitches out, plus he and I both need Tetanus shots...oh yeah, and it's our 19th anniversary on Wed. lol When he has his f/u next week with his primary I plan on going with him, so he can have an advocate. I will definitely ask about the cardiologist. Again, thank you!
Laurie- I'm glad you are making the best of an awful situation. Still praying for you...
Again, hope you're all ok. 
But if you really want to see lots of his pics, click the link in my signature. I posted bunches of his shots in my trip report. Shhh. Don't tell him I told you. He was mad that I posted "his" pics. I told him nobody on the Photo forum reads trip reports so he can post whatever he wants. It took him 45 minutes to post the 6 pics on the Oly thread. It was quite a struggle, but he is learning!
I saw them, I'm glad he posted. They look great! (I still haven't finished reading all of your report but I will. It made us soooo want to be there!) 
I just checked her temp she's 102.2 after motrin, can't swallow, and has white patches all in her throat which could be strep. Guess I'll be making a trip to the doc's tomorrow. School starts Wed. 
He has been drinking lots and lots of water to be hydrated, so that is not the problem. My hospital and Hopkins both have specialties managing arrhythmia and I know of at least 2 other hospitals in the area with renown heart centers. I'll ask my primary where she would go. He'll need his chin stitches out tomorrow, and we both need tetanus shots. I hope she can see him then and send him for an EP study SOON. Thank you again for all the helpful info, and the prayers it means so much to me.
Be sure to take good care of yourself.
Hopefully it will run it's course quickly! 
Oh, my. I don't know about him sometimes.
