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I been at the hospital all day with my 10 year old daughter. This AM, out of nowhere, her pulse rate started racing - all the way up to 140. Her normal resting rate is around 70. I took her to the ER, and it was like pulling teeth to get her in to see a doctor, which was perplexing since there was virtual no patients in the ER. Of course the MSM would have you believe otherwise - reporting that all ER beds, all ICU beds, all rooms were overflowing, etc. in TX. Total and complete BS. There were literally only 2 other patients in the ER. I had to raise holy hell to get someone to help us.

After 6 hours we were released. Got back home, relaxed, ate dinner and then I was sitting on the couch with her watching her play a video game and I reached over to check her pulse again - it was racing 155 BPM! WTF??? She was calm and happy. We were laughing together and she was not anxious about anything. I took her back to the ER. Her Endocrinologist wanted her admitted under the care of a Pediatric Cardiologist. EKG is fine, chest X-Ray is fine, blood work is normal, thyroid test is normal, urine is normal, blood sugar just a bit high at 116. After 4+ hours tonight, the Cardiologist has still not shown up. Her Endocrinologist has not shown up. They still have not admitted her! I don't know what the heck is going on - this hospital is the best in town and they are not busy at all. Nobody knows what the hell is going on with my daughter.

Her Mom finally showed up at the ER and they wouldn't let her in. I talked to the head Triage Nurse who told me that they would make a special exception since I had been there all day but she told me that I could not come back. Too bad we're not in Dallas where there's decent doctors.

Please keep my daughter in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you.

Prayers, bud .

Hope the Dr's, show soon. Prayers for your daughter!

Thank you. I am absolutely distraught with the hospital's handling of my daughter's situation.

Son of a gun!



Good luck to her!



I guess you just have to raise hell until you get some results.


Either that or get the hell out of there and go someplace better.

Has she been getting enough water?

Prayers for the young lady.

Jim, The Dr. originally thought she was dehydrated, but she had an insulated cup of ice water at all times. I make certain she drinks enough water throughout the day. I guess it could be dehydration, but I kind of doubt it.

As far as changing hospitals, there's none better in EP.

Prayers and well wishes sent.

HN , when you said you checked her Pulse , did you actually count the Beats per Minute on her Wrist or did you use an Instrument ? Just wondering about AFIB , but that would have shown up on an EKG if the Dr. knew what he was doing . Also did they give her anything like Metoprolol to limit her Pulse ?

Don't tell us-tell someone who matters- Papers, radio stations, medical boards legislators- whoever.

No excuse for that BS. Give it some publicity - maybe even lawyer up.

Prayers up!

usull: I counted the BPM on her wrist using a chronometer. The finger monitor they use at the hospital confirmed my count. By the time she was hooked up in the ER, her pulse had dropped from my count of 155 to 147. I do not believe she was in Afib or they would have both told me and taken action, which they did not. But who the heck knows at this point. I will ask her Mom via text right now.

My thyroid went to hell last year and caused a bunch of weird pulse issues.....but I see her's is okay.


Glad you are at a good hospital. Hope you get some satisfaction very, very soon.


There are so many things that cause pulse issues, takes a while to get to the bottom of it sometimes I guess.

Prayers for your daughter. I took my dad to the hospital when he had chest pains. Turned out it wasn’t anything serious, but they wanted a cardiologist to take a look before they’d release him. So we waited all night, then all day, and all night, and all day, and on day 3, a cardiologist finally answered their phone.

Just a little preview of socialized medicine.

Godspeed to your little girl. Amen.

I spent two days in the hospital a few years ago with a pulse rate of 140-150- - - - -they called it "atrial fibrillation". Now I'm on a horrendously expensive, very powerful blood thinner called Pradaxa that's supposed to minimize the chances of a blood clot forming that could cause a stroke. The funny thing was that I had no symptoms at all of any problems except profuse sweating. My wife checked my pulse and freaked out! That was at least 10 years ago. The alternative to Pradaxa is warfarin- - - -(rat poison)- - - -which has to be monitored and the dosage adjusted frequently. I definitely don't want to deal with that!

I hope things work out well- - - - -it's frustrating, watching our kids get sick or hurt and not being able to fix it! Mine are 48 and 50 years old, but they're still kids to me! Hang in there!

Good luck to your daughter.

The way hospitals are operating all over the country during this covid bs is criminal.

You need a cardiologist. Probably a pediatric cardiologist.

You're in my thoughts and prayers.....please keep us posted!