My little trip to the ER and other fun stuff

Friday night, just after the kids went to bed, I started to feel sick. There was an even at church that I had planned on going to but feeling ill, I decided to stay home and try to get rest. Stay home I did, get rest I did not. When the nausea hit I knew I was in for trouble, when it made true to its threat it all went down hill. I’m grateful that I have such a loving wife. Anyone who loved me less would have hated me for throwing up in their bathtub. After a few hours of my body expelling stuff we decided that the ER was the place to go. On we went, and they were so nice. I was really dehydrated and they hooked me up to an IV. They gave me Demerol and Zofran, once those hit me I was felling really good. After running blood tests and doing a sonogram of my liver and some other things to determine that everything was well and that I probably had a bacterial infection, they sent me on my way. We got home just in time for the kids to wake up, it was about 9am. Kelly’s Dad and Step-mom came over to be with the kids in our absence. They are such a godsend. I immediately went to bed and slept all day. Today I’ve been up here and there. I’m suppose to be on 3 days of bed rest, and I’m trying my best to follow Dr.’s orders. I don’t believe I’ve ever been as sick as I was that night, and I don’t really look forward to trying to break the record ever. An interesting side note: the room I was in at the ER was the same room they put Rosalyn in after her ant bites.

We are now a two car family again, after what seemed to be 50,000 attempts at passing emissions, my Saturn, the car I replaced the head gasket on finally passed. It is so nice to have two cars that are street legal again.

A couple of weekends ago we headed down to Austin to visit Kelly’s aunt and uncle. They are such great people. They are both pretty much retired now and spend most of their time working on their cabin out on the river about 30 miles west of Austin. We stayed in town mostly but spent a little time out at the cabin and river. It is so nice, peaceful and relaxing. My cell phone doesn’t workout there much less my pager. I’d like to spend more time at the cabin, I think this fall I’m going to take a week off of work and help her uncle finish the cabin. Their construction loan runs out in December, so I know they would like the extra help and on a selfish note I think I need to spend some quiet time somewhere like the river. I’ve got some pictures of the cabin and river from the trip, I’ll post them soon.


Good night, and if you too find yourself sick for hours with liquids shooting out of your body, go to the ER, they can make you better.