Where I've Been

Saturday, posts went up that I'd written for Friday. Why didn't they go up Friday?

Well, I'd been at the hospital most of the day Friday. I got a call from Mike's work saying they'd called him an ambulance because he was light headed, had chest pain and had a high pulse while laying down.

So I rode 45 minutes over to the hospital and we waited to find out what was wrong. The doctors weren't sure but his heart checked out fine.

Sunday night I was sitting in my (fabulous and super comfy) chair and a half making cards, when Mike looked over at me and said "Get me an asprin and then call an ambulance."

He was burning up hot and said he felt like his heart was beating so fast and hard it could explode and he was having trouble breathing. The ambulance took half an hour to arrive (from a hospital 20 minutes away) and pulled in as I was about to take him myself. They pulled in without lights or sirens flashing and took about 5 minutes to get into the house. They were slow and managed to knock over everything near them- and this was before they went back out to the ambulance for the stretcher.

15 minutes or so later he was in the ambulance and I was in my car. Another 3-5 minutes later we were on the road, and 15 minutes later at the hospital.

The nurse observed his difficulty breathing and the fact that when he felt light headed his pulse was rising. We stayed overnight in the hospital and they monitored his heart all night. Again his heart checked out fine and he passed a stress test.

They sent him home wiht a heart monitor and orders to see a family doctor. We went to the doctor yesterday and he returned to work today. The family doctor was the first person to listen to him say "First, I feel light headed, and then I can't breathe and then my heart goes crazy". The family doctor says the order is important and most likely means the faster heartbeat is a reaction to whatever else is going on and that it may be a panic attack disorder.

So, hopefully in a few days we will know what is going on.

In the meantime, I haven't heard back from Subway, but I did apply at the Ramada Inn today (and they are hiring!) so hopefully something will come from that as it is only 5 minutes down the road.

He Was Right

This may seem a little gross, but I was impressed so I have to share.

I've been dealing with ringworm since I came back from Korea (back in August). I've been through two tubes of Lamasil trying to fight that stuff off. It had gotten smaller but hadn't gone away or quit itching.

The whole time Mike had been trying to convince me to let him spit his dip on my leg and wrap it up.

The other night I was tried of itching and running low on Lamasil so I gave in. He put his used skoal on the ringworm and wrapped it up. And two days later the ringworm was gone.

Maybe I should trust my husband a little more.

Fall Break is finally here!

Fall Break is here and, naturally, I've been sick since Wednesday. If I'm not better by Monday I'll head to the doctor, but I'm thinking its just a cold that needs a good butt kicking.

I took my final midterm Friday morning and then drove to my parents house, where've I managed to nap, do some fun reading, suck down popsicles and actually get some reading for classes done.

This afternoon I went for my dress alteration appointment. I'm getting my dress shortened, bustled and taken in (Thank you, Korea), all for $50.

Tomorrow, I am meeting up with all of the grandchildren on my Dad's side of the family to have our portrait taken for my grandmother's Christmas card, doing some more homework and napping.

Monday and Tuesday I want to make some Christmas Cards and lay out the table set up for the wedding reception. Hopefully, by Tuesday afternoon I'll have all my homework done and be rested up enough to head back to school and finish out the week

Hope ya'll are having a great weekend.

MONO

Sucks

                                  Monkey
      

                                                             Ballz.

Ugh. I hada sore throat all weekend. I went to the doctor yesterday thinking I had strep throat, he'd shoot me up with antibotics and I'd be all better in a few days. Wrong. The nurse drianed my finger of blood and then told me I had mono.

I've done nothing but sleep and eat popsicles lately. I've been making myself eat today- yougurt this morning, and chicken soup this afternoon. I'm preparing my throat for a glass of OJ with extra vitamin C& D tonight. I'll be damned if I'll be too sick to fly to see my fiance in S. Korea next Friday. I'm putting most of my wedding planning stuff on the back burner until I'm better. 

Please put me in your prayers.