He Drove Himself?

Finally, it's spring break and everyone is in desperate need of a break. Kiddos were wild all week as were the adults. My week ended with Andy taking himself to the hospital for chest pains and I missed the Relay for Life 5th grade competition against the teachers. If what I heard is right, one of the teachers came away with a black eye, but we won!

So yeah, Andy drove himself to the hospital with chest pains. He woke up complaining about indigestion and said he had it since 3 a.m. I suggested he call his GP, which he did after I left for work. She told him to take an aspirin and go to the E.R., so he heads out stopping at the convenience store for aspirin when his Doc calls him back to say "Don't drive yourself!", too late he was half-way there. After paying the water bill and chatting with people in the Hospital lobby, he finally goes into the E.R.

I texted him around 10 and didn't hear from him so my imagination was a little more than active. When he did call back, he was in the E.R. waiting for results. About an hour later, he called and told me the E.R. Doc was putting him in the hospital and they think he has Type 2 Diabetes. That got our attention. I headed to the hospital after a quick stop home for some supplies for Andy. Then the waiting began.

Good news: No Diabetes. Andy had popped a peppermint in his mouth before going into the E.R. and hadn't eaten ANYTHING since midnight, so his sugar spiked. (His blood pressure spiked after being told he had diabetes!) Since he had come in complaining about chest pains, they automatically keep you overnight so they can do enzyme tests to check for a heart attack - which thankfully hadn't happened.

What the cardiologist and hopitalist both think is that he has Acid Reflux and will be treated for that. He will still do a stress test just to make sure nothing is wrong with his heart this week and we see his GP Monday for good measures. After doing a little research on Acid Reflux and what he can eat, I not so sure he's thrilled about the outcome but I'm sure the GP will give us a better list of what he can and can't eat.

My other sickie, Allis, is doing much better. She's still eating 3x a day but her energy is up and she looks much better. I'm not sure how to tell if her liver is regenerating, but I'm sure we will find out. Since I have off this week, I'll probably take her to the doctors also.

That leaves Gil and myself and other than tension and school and college and cooking dinner (which I share with Gil) we are good. Gil hopes to play in his race car this week but the weather from the weekend has made a mess of things, not sure how that will end. His boss is also on a business trip and the owner will be visiting the store all week. Gil is excited because he'll work 40+ hours this week. I'm hoping to get some odds & ends done, make some cards, clean some closets, get rid of stuff that's accumulated.