Sleeping over the side table
Breathing stops
Startled awake
Gasping for breath
Heart beats in overtime
Air almost impossible
A screaming back
An aching left arm
At 29 years of age
I almost died.
.
That time I almost died;
I was told that I was gray.
My lips were turning blue.
Knocking on deaths door.
Why?
I was having a silent heart attack.
15 pounds of fluid on my lungs.
Of which was caused by heart failure.
Of which was caused by a virus.
A virus that attacked my heart.
For life, I am on meds.
They’re keeping me alive.
I can never forget that time
I almost died.
©️Unapologetically Me
Unapologetic 
I am very glad you did not die!
Be well,Nikki.
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Thanks so much, Margie. I’m glad, too. You be well, too!!!
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I want to know more. Thank you for sharing..and for being here and not gone.
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I had a chest cold for two weeks. It went away for 7 days, replaced by back pain. After those 7 days were up, there was an extra 4 weeks of struggling to breathe. Stopping breathing in my sleep. I had to sleep over a table. I was short of breath doing everything, and anything. I was in pain and miserable. Went to the ER, they said I was showing signs of a heart attack. A silent one.
What happened was the chest cold was viral, and, although rare, it attacked my heart, thus giving be Congestive Heart Failure for life, and 8 days in the hospital getting all sorts of other tests done.
It was rough. It’s terrifying, still, how close I was to dying. I just wish everyone would get checked more thoroughly, more often. Shit ain’t no joke.
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That truly sounds like an awful experience that you’ve gone through and are going through. I hope for the best possible recovery.
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Thank you.
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Also, any questions, just ask. ☺️
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