ER Visits are Unpleasant....

Our poor Jonathan fell ill yesterday.

By the end of church he was in extreme

stomach pain.

I only had to look at his eyes to know

it was bad.

So, we came home and I watched him

for a couple of hours.

The longer it went the more it 

looked like a bowel obstruction.

I've seen my Mother-in-law suffer

with these multiple times and Jonathan

had all of the symptoms.

He, bless his heart, was still trying to figure

out how he could possibly work 

last evening.

Unloading truck!

That wasn't happening!

He wouldn't have lasted five minutes.

But when he had a bad cold a couple 

of weeks ago his boss had said that he had

to find a replacement, show up or be fired.

So...he didn't feel comfortable calling off.

I did that for him last night.

If he loses his job then we'll deal

but there is no way he could work in that 

condition.

We had almost no wait.

His blood pressure was pretty 

high in triage...

from the pain and nerves.

I'll spare you all of the gory details 

of our actual visit except to say that 

he gave us quite a scare by dropping

that blood pressure after they drew blood.

I mean...really dropping.

The bottom number was 42 and he was 

waxy yellow and delirious.

That got lots of attention.

But, he came around and then just 

wanted to sleep.

It was very scary because that happened

just after they gave him meds

and we didn't know if something in one of 

them had reacted badly.

But, it looks like he just has his Dad's 

aversion to multiple vials of blood removal.

A highlight from the visit?

The doctor said I looked too young

to be Jon's mom.

The deflation?

I told the guys friends about it when 

we got back and they 

scoffed.

Of course I look old enough

to be Jon's Mom....

Thanks guys!

I only feed you every weekend

and let you take over our basement.

LOL

Gotta love 'em.

Actually I really did enjoy the 

boys' friends this weekend.

We spent a lot of time together.

They are learning that we like having 

them here and that we are open to 

spending time together

chatting.

That, my friends, is a very

good thing.  

It is so good to hear the hopes 

and dreams of the young men

in our lives.

Although I have to say

that their brains work funny.

Speaking as a girl, of course.

I have yet to see Jonathan this 

morning but I'm praying that he has

a better day.

We have prescriptions to fill if 

we need them....

Please stay away from the 

ER if you can avoid it.

There are lots of 

sickies in there!

That is my takeaway 

from more than four hours 

spent there.