Eric Miller thought he was healthy — until a crash cart in the ER had to jolt his heart back into normal rhythm.
I thought I was healthy so when I started to have signs of a heart block, I felt stunned that I had become so sick. I later learned that I had a rare complication of Lyme disease.Eric Miller, 43, teaches principles of design and fabrication, maker classes and programming at a boarding school in Northeastern Ohio. As he started his new position last summer, he experienced a health crisis and landed him in the cardiac ICU with a dangerous arrhythmia.
When I mentioned that I had recently been in the Finger Lakes region of New York, the infectious disease doctor suspected that I had had Lyme disease and was experiencing a rare heart infection that can occur with it.One day walking across campus to the dining hall, I struggled. I had to sit down and felt a little shocked. I’ve never experienced any major health issues and I’m active with my family. I'm not, but I am not easily winded either.
While facing the unknown felt scary, when doctors began treating me for Lyme disease I started recovering and would no longer need a pacemaker.As they prepared me for an MRI, I passed out and they postponed it. But one doctor insisted. He thought I hadand the imagery from the MRI would give them a better understanding. This doctor also recommended treating me with the antibiotics commonly used for Lyme disease.
This also meant that I might not need a pacemaker after I finished 21 days of IV antibiotics delivered directly into my heart. I returned home with a PICC line so that I could continue treatment at home. I had some follow ups with the infectious disease doctor and the cardiologist and my heart had returned to normal. I do have to be extra cautious about myin the future because new tests won’t be able to determine if I have a new or existing Lyme infection.
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