For those that don't know, I went to the ER on 8/2 after an episode of dizziness, racing heart beat and extremely low oxygen levels in the blood. I spent 2 nights in the hospital. They had me on constant oxygen and my levels were finally normal. The doctors released me and said that everything was fine, they didn’t know why it happened and it shouldn’t happen again. Well, we headed to the capital in order to do some further testing, just to be sure. I continued to have dizziness and a racing heart beat from time to time for the next week, but no more problems with my oxygen levels (Praise the Lord because this was the main problem before!).
After a full work up, I am thankful to say that everything has come back normal!! I have not had any other symptoms since this past Monday, and the dr. is convinced that it was a bad side effect to a medicine I had been taking previously (last day to take it was Monday and I went to the hospital on Tuesday).
And so for now I am healthy, and I have an answer as to what the cause was! God is good!!
I also had an interesting experience on the plane that I got to ride to Lima. First of all, let me say that I have NEVER been on a plane so small before!! I have always been afraid of small planes, and I was this day too!! I was definitely praying that God would calm my nerves (I was afraid that if I was too nervous my heart would start racing again and I really didn't want that up in the air!).
Well, God really answered prayers, b/c after I saw this plane, it was SMALL!! I first had to climb up the 3 stairs and then duck my head. Now, I'm not tall and I couldn't stand up in the plane. Turning sidewise, trying to squeeze down the aisle, I quickly found my seat. Laying there waiting for me was my snack, and also a pack of EARPLUGS. I knew I was in for it then!
All 7 passengers quickly found their seats in the 18 passenger plane, with 1 pilot and 1 steward up front. The steward proceeded to give his safety spill, which included the instructions, "In case of loss of cabin pressure, please pull your oxygen masks from under your seat. Open this plug on the ceiling and then plug in the mask."
The ride was loud, but surprisingly smooth and a very fast method to travel to Lima. It is normally 8 hours by bus, 6.5-7 hours by truck and this was only and 1 hour. I made it safely to Lima, quickly might I add, and had plenty of time to make it to the first of many doctor appointments.
I also need to mention that I had one of the best views I have had in Peru, the view of Mt. Huascaran (highest montain in Peru) from the air--absolutely beautiful (too bad I didn't have a camera on me at the time!)
I also had an interesting experience on the plane that I got to ride to Lima. First of all, let me say that I have NEVER been on a plane so small before!! I have always been afraid of small planes, and I was this day too!! I was definitely praying that God would calm my nerves (I was afraid that if I was too nervous my heart would start racing again and I really didn't want that up in the air!).Well, God really answered prayers, b/c after I saw this plane, it was SMALL!! I first had to climb up the 3 stairs and then duck my head. Now, I'm not tall and I couldn't stand up in the plane. Turning sidewise, trying to squeeze down the aisle, I quickly found my seat. Laying there waiting for me was my snack, and also a pack of EARPLUGS. I knew I was in for it then!
All 7 passengers quickly found their seats in the 18 passenger plane, with 1 pilot and 1 steward up front. The steward proceeded to give his safety spill, which included the instructions, "In case of loss of cabin pressure, please pull your oxygen masks from under your seat. Open this plug on the ceiling and then plug in the mask."
The ride was loud, but surprisingly smooth and a very fast method to travel to Lima. It is normally 8 hours by bus, 6.5-7 hours by truck and this was only and 1 hour. I made it safely to Lima, quickly might I add, and had plenty of time to make it to the first of many doctor appointments.
