Katie goes to the hospital...

So two nights ago at 3 in the morning i was having pressure all of a sudden in my chest. I had to put in effort to take in big breaths. It felt like someone was pressing on my chest and when I would breathe out, it felt like my chest would keep exhaling until in caved in. It was really scared and at 3 in the morning you get kind of paranoid that you're gonna die! So I called the mayo clinic 24 hour nurse line to talk to someone:) haha I didn't want to wake anyone in case it was, in fact, nothing. Then I called my mom after the nurse told me she would suggest I go to the E.R. She said that'd be safest so we could rule out "heart problems" (scary!). So I called my mom and she calmed me to sleep. The next day the pressure was on and off all day...I was planning on ignoring it until I went to gospel choir practice and singing like HURT my chest. I got worried and it was only 8pm so I figured I should just get it checked out. My wonderful roommate and bff4lyfe Bianca walked with me a block to the University Hospital. (How convenient right?). At the E.R. they immediately hooked me up to an EKG machine which has lots of wires and stickers on your body and tracks your heart rate. I felt like a science experiment...especially when i have a grad student running this on me...a GUY grad student that put stickers all over my CHEST! soo awkward anddd funny because Bianca witnessed it all. "hey aren't cha gonna buy her dinner first?" was what bianca was thinking...she told me. anywho, after that, they drew blood! UMM i don't do needles...I don't donate blood during mizzou blood drives on account of alllll the pale white weakling sorority girls i see collapse in dining halls during blood drive week. no thank you. but with Bianca's hand in mine...(sorry i sweated all over you girl) i did it and it was only a pinch! :) After that they decided to give me an X-Ray. Oh did I mention she inserted an IV into my arm!? like whaaaa? i'm only here for chest pain! I did not realize the E.R. ran soo differently/more serious than normal doctor. After all this, Bianca and I waited for like an hour in the room just cracking jokes to pass the time.(We might have sang a couple choir songs softly..) She even got on some blue rubber gloves and blew into a white rubber glove to turn it into a balloon...so mature. Then after the wait, my man doctor comes in and says "I have no idea what's wrong with you, but it's nothing terrible. Your tests turned out fine." YAY! I asked him if he would think it was anxiety and he said he didn't think so...he thinks I just injured myself somehow...I blame big laundry baskets. This did not feel like pain though, but pressure soo strained muscles must be different in your chest. We got to go home and now I still have the pressure in my chest as I write this but at least I can take comfort in knowing it's not something horrible! And hey, got a mini adventure out of it right?! Here's a couple pics Bianca snagged on her phone...

Me as a human science experiment... wires everywhere!


Admiring the heart monitor...so grey's anatomy..