Originally Posted by [MERIT]

Had a scare yesterday. Woke up and felt weird. It was hard to breath and I had numbness in my left arm and was light-headed. Called 911 [emergency]. EMT's administered aspirin and nitro-glycerin. My blood pressure was 188/136 and pulse 160+, so they bussed me to the hospital, with my 8-year old son in tow [he took it like a champ]. Did a a bunch of tests. It wasn't a heart attack or stroke [blood clot]. They don't know what caused it. I have to follow up with a stress test.