
By Anna Von Reitz
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has returned home and her symptoms are much improved. She has dutifully gone to
the lab and had blood drawn for a gozillion tests and is being examined with
other diagnostic tests to find out exactly what is wrong.
It
could be a number of things--- interference with the electric pulse or
contractile status of her heart caused by an electrolyte imbalance or mechanical
obstruction, enlargement of the heart, leaky valves in her heart or veins or
arteries--- or even kidney failure, leading to excess water retention, toxicity,
and strain on the heart....
We
just don't know yet, but the search is on and the testing process has begun in
earnest.
It's
a difficult time for her, her family, and of course, her friends.
We all
look forward to whatever relief there may be in finally having a name for the
malady. It seems that for us mere mortals not knowing for sure what it is, is at
least as bad as the illness itself.
It
will be about a week before results start coming in and the process of diagnosis
moves forward. Meantime, she is slowed down to a mere 1,000 rpm instead of her
usual 10,000 rpm---- zippppp!
Slowing
down is really hard for her. Almost comical. Imagine a Chihuahua running on a
waxed floor suddenly having to think about this....? Oh, hey, I have to slow
down.... and how do I do that?