In 2020, two months after my C-19 infection, I was admitted to the same hospital where I trained with a heart rate of 135 (sinus tach) and oxygen sat of 89 in bed.
My attending physician was a guy I’d been good friends with since intern year, who knew I was a healthy, endurance athlete.
He looked at the monitor and asked me if I thought my vitals were “real.” He then proceeded to document in the chart something along the lines of: “it may be anxiety but it may be something else.”
Really hoping insight has grown since then, and Simone gets prompt care for what’s causing her tachycardia. Because despite all I’ve seen in my career, and gone through as a patient, that was a snapshot in time that still haunts me.
And I’m still not well 6 years later.
Simone Biles lying in bed with a resting heart rate of 126.
Very curious to hear what they say is causing that.
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