Scariest 24 hours

No, it's not even Halloween yet but I just spent the past 24 hours in the hospital and that was the scariest 24 in my life! I went to the doctor on Friday the 13th(don't ever make an appt. on that day!). Anyhow, I've been sick with this horrendous cough, mucus, stuffy nose and congestion for almost 4 months. The doctor 6 weeks ago told me it was allergies and gave me a script for allegery meds. He also wanted me to have further bloodwork and an EKG because I had been having some chest pains. I went in to tell him I still wasn't feeling well and to review my bloodwork and EKG. It turns out they did a strep test and I have strep. Could have had it for 4 months! I'm so pissed he didn't check me out sooner, as I''ve been suffering for so long. I also found out I am on the borderline for high cholesteral and had an abnormal EKG so he was sending me to a cardiologist. I totally freaked out, I'm too young to have heart problems. So, I leave there with an antibiotic for my strep and immediately call David crying. David finished teaching and came home. By the time he got home I was having severe chest pains with it radiating to my shoulder and jaw. He talked me into to going to the ER. We went to the ER and they did another EKG and admitted me to the hospital. They were showing that my heart was not getting enough oxygenated blood so they admitted me. David of course, had to take Miranda home and get her to bed. The hardest thing was watching your husband and daughter walk out of the ER and leaving me behind. It totally sucks that we have no family up here. I was so scared and alone. They kept me hooked up to the EKG all night and kept me monitered. I had bloodwork done every couple of hours to compare my cardiac enzymes. In the morning, I was waiting to see the cardiologist and to have an echocardiogram. No one could tell me when either of those would happen. I had not slept in 3 days and even though they gave me a sleeping pill I still stayed up all night. The guy across the hall from me was moaning and yelling all night. Finally the cardiologist came in around 1:00 in the afternoon. The good news is, I don't have a heart problem. BUt I do have something called right bundle branch block(RBBB). That is what was causing my abnormal EKG. From what he says it is not life threatening (God is so GOOD) But, he wants to see me in a week and still have the echo test. He said the chest pain was most likely caused by my severe coughing as RBBB will not cause chest pain. And my shoulder and jaw pain was probably from anxiety. So, being so exhausted, I was able to come home and slept for a few hours and then slept all night (which is something I haven't done for several months.) What a scary experience for me! It totally kicked my butt and is now getting me in gear and scared me into being more healthy and will start some sort of exercise routine now. Hopefully the antibiotics will make me feel better soon and get my energy levels back. Then, I have no excuse for not exercising. I don't ever want to be that scared again.