My dad gets SVT, where he can't regulate his heartbeat and it will keep going faster and faster. In his case, because of other medical problems that he has, it can be life threatening and he needs to get an injection of adenosine to essentially stop his heart and restart it.
This is brought on by a number of things, but mostly caffeine for him. Does he stop drinking it entirely? No. He cheats. He has had this and passed out while operating a saw in the basement, He has passed out and hit his head on the bathtub...the last time I was with him when it was happening, he was completely delerious and crawling on the floor because he couldn't stand. He wanted me to take him to the ER but I'm not a doctor and he also can't tell if it's this problem or a heart attack...so I called 911 and he's still paying the bill for the ambulance a year later and bitter about it. But the ambulance had to stop TWICE and give him additional shots of adenosine...it was not an optional phone call.
So today, he started having an attack and didn't want to call 911 so he DROVE HIMSELF to the VA (where he gets mostly free medical care) and they are sending him to a hospital. If they send you to the hospital, they cover the expenses. The doctor is super upset that he drove. I can't even believe that he did it considering how many times he's lost consciousness in this situation and how cloudy he is when he's like this.
I'm not sure how to keep dealing with this over and over with him. It's just so hard to parent your parents, you know? I wasn't expecting these issues for another 10-20 solid years.