Heart lab and heart post

The heart is the one major oran that keeps the body functioning. Without the heart, we would simply not be able to function. With the help of the lungs, the heart is the major organ that provides our bodies with life giving oxygen and takes away carbon dioxide that is a poison in our body. Without the oxygen the blood provides for the body through reseperation, the brain will not be able to function as the brain needs oxygen to survive. We need our brains to survive, and without them we will become vegetables.

Four Chambers:

The heart has four chambers: the left and right ventricle and also the left and right atrium.  this is where the blood passes through and take the oxygen poor/rich blood through the body. First the left side with the oxygen rich blood and then to the right that takes the oxygen poor blood out. This effectively keeps us moving and alive.

In betweem chambers is a wall of muscel called the septum. and to cut the atrium and ventricle on each side is a valve. THe tricuspid and the mitral valve.

Heart Disease:

Heart disease is now the number one killer in america. NExt to cancer it is what most people have. THere are many things that can be wrong with the heart. Such as a hole in the heart which must be surgeically fixed immediatly. A Murmer which you are born with and can depend on severity.  From just a small hitch, too what seems like a harsh gasp in the heart.

Heart disease can happen in two ways. THe heart can litterialy rot out due to bad diet and poor exercise. Another way for it too happen is plaque to build up within the arteries. TO fix that they insert a wire of some sorts through a artery in your leg and thread it to your heart to scrap away some of the plaque. another way is to do a by pass surgery. Where you take a part of a artery and use it to by pass a blockage in the heart bu going over it with the good piece of artery.

migraines

I have had migraine from the day I turned 12. I was never diagnosed with them until three years later as they progressed to the point of unimaginable pain. My vison would blur and I would become temporarily blind in the vision department. My hearing would magnify the smallest sounds and I would run into stationary objects or loose motor control and stumble or slur. Most people describe me as a sober drunk person while under the influence of the pain.

As I continued with my migraines, I began to see the spots in the vision and the instense pressue to my spinal cord. I began to be irritalble to the point of snapping at people and seeing red and not being able to focus. This is when I was diagnosed with the migraines. At first the severity of the migraines we low and not considered un-important.  Yet as years passed it would get to the point I would wear sun glasses to school and always have caffine near me. I would still be irritable but I came up witha solution to that and cause damage to the basketball team (I was stocky in my younger years and treated with respect only strong people can garnish on the court and sheer visciousness of blows delivered from elbows and hands).

That helped greatly yet, I moved schools and my stress load was doubled, no tripled. Everyone at my old school rejected me for leaving, and everyone at my new school was viscious with me. the name calling was intense and I could not put up with it. I realiated with words of my owand contniued with my life. Being integrated into the school was stressful but i managed.

Now this year I was sent to the ER over 5 times for Migraine issues. The pain was intenseand quite honestly, terrfying. It would quite litterially bring me to my knees. Thats when the medication would start.

Medication:

Topiramate (Topamax)-used to treat seizures and migraines. Is an anticonvulsant that is also effective for preventing headaches and affect several chemicals in the brain that help reduce seizure activity.
Magnesium (250)- vitamin
CO Q10 (50 mg)-vitamin

Ibuprofen (800 mg)-
Ketorolac (toradol)-short term treatment of moderately sevear pain (usually after surgery) alone or in a combination. Is a NSAID. No concreat information how it really works.
Ondansetron(Zofran)-used for preventing nausea and vomitting associated with chemo, radiation, or surgery. It is a serotonin 5-HT3 receptor blocker . Works by blocking a chemical thought to be a cause of nausea and vomitting.
Valproic(depakene)-used to treat siezure disorders. Is an anticonvulsant and it increases the amount of a certain chemical in the brain.
Hydrocodone(acetaminophen)- USed for the treatment of moderate to sevear pain. Works by loweing a chemical in the brain that stimulates pain nerves and binds to receptors in the brain and nervous system used by the body's natural pain relievers.


the IV cocktail would include:

Benadryl (25mg)- allergy preventitive
Decadron (10mg)
Reglan (10mg)
Toradol (30mg)
Compazine (10mg)
Depakote(300mg/pill form)
Morphiac (1mg)- a form of morphine that is extreamly strong. (used as a sedative for me due to the thrashing i was doing)


With the severity increasing I was taking to the Denver Children's hospital where adjustments to my medication. With the last vist though, there was a concern of a blockage or tumor of some sort was there. I was scheduled to do a MRI and MRA. The whole prcedure was done with great swiftness and the staff made me feel safe. I even got to watch a movie during the procedure.

They say it is a chemical imbalance that causes migraines, or even stress, yet I try to never have stress on my back anymore and I eat a healthy diet. The doctors, said I may never grow out of it or I may but all I can do is hope.

As many ask, what is a migraine. It is a fluctuation in the brain's chemical production of certain chemicals and the amounts that are given in. Though that is a chronic migraine. Some migraines can be caused by much more serious medical conditions then genetics. Other such migraines can be environmental situations. THe flight or fight response can be the cause of some migraines due to the stress and pressure that is exercised in the brain. Other environmental factors can be lighting, lack of lighting, population, and stress.

Stress seems to be a big part of this. It  creats migraines faster then any factor because some minds are weaker as they say and cannot handle the stress, causing a overload and the pain.

Brain lab

Amber and I (well mostly Amber) did the bread slice chop of a sheep brain. We did this without the mucus membraine that normally surrounds the brain and made it extreamly easy for use to slice through the brain. It was simple to do and easy.

Notice: This is evidence also against amber as she is slightly demented (in a good way).