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In Oct 1998 I was diagnosed with pericarditis I was in the U.S. and was immediately sent to ICU with 99.9 percent of my heart engulfed with fluid. They immediately drained the fluid from the heart (1 liter) and was told everything would be fine and I could go home. Since I was living in Belgium (husband’s job) we decided to go to the U.S. for another opinion. We arrived on Monday and saw the specialist with a heart institute, in which it showed the fluid was returning.
By Friday, I ...Read the full article