Hangover from Versed? Minor problem Maggie.....Try this.

In '99 I was having some pain and to check it out I was admitted to a hospital. I had already had several heart surgeries at that point, but oddly enough had never been exposed to Versed which anymore is the drug of choice for pain. All I remember was going to a room. As folks who were on Mudcat back then will recall, the next thing I knew, 6 days had passed and I woke up in a different hospital on a vent after having an aortic dissecting aneurysm. That's what killed John Ritter. Luckily mine "only" ran from the femoral arteries to the aortic arch stopping 2 inches short of the heart.....Ritter's didn't. Its non repairable and non operable.

What had been the acute cause of this was skyrocketing blood pressure from the Versed. Also, the Versed had the exact opposite of the "desired effect." After the first shot I didn't become calm with less pain, I became agitated and restless.....so they gave me more! My vital signs went crazy and I became extremely violent and combative to the point of being restrained. One Doc came out and told Karen what was going on and asked if I were a violent person. Several other friends had come to the hospital and along with Karen assured him I was not. I was Life Flighted to a major trauma center in Columbus (where Karen now works oddly enough) and woke up wondering what the hell and where the hell and why was on on a damned Vent!

Outside of the fact I lived and am here with my torn up aorta to tell the tale, the best thing to happen was the effect it had on Mudcat. May of '99 we were a community but still mostly new to each other and the net. Odd though it may seem, my problems were a turning point of sorts where the group came together forming with the camaraderie which we all have enjoyed over the years.   I'm not taking credit for that obviously, I was just the catalytic agent, but it was a huge step in the development of this joint.

Versed? Yeah......I'd have settled for a hangover(;<))

Spaw