Adrenaline

• by rfassett
• 2014-01-28 09:01:47
• General Posting
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Some things I don't think through until I am face to face with the issue. So my wife's Step-Dad, whom we both love very, very dearly, is on his death bed (probably within days) with a body filled with cancer. Doctors say "there is nothing more" they can do. Also, my wife and I have a near 24 year old son whose life (by our standards) is a train wreck. So when my wife's cell phone woke us both from a very deep sleep at 1:30 this morning, you can imagine the immediate thoughts racing through my brain. My adrenaline level shot through the ceiling, but for the first time, my heart did not follow suit. I am PM dependent with rate response with low of 70 and high of 120, but apparently adrenaline does not influence that. So after I gained my wits, I realized that my heart was beating hard, but only at 70bpm. So do I have that right? The adrenaline will cause the heart (in my case) to beat harder but not faster? I remember lying there as I attempted to get back to sleep and was thinking "wow". Oh, the purpose of the call, the 24 year old "butt dialed" my wife's number. I am getting very close to completely severing our relationship with our son.