Aliceacc
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We've had a heck of a week.
Last Friday night, my husband was watching TV in the bedroom, while my 13 year old and I watched in the living room. She heard something from the bedroom, and went to investigate. She found my husband on the floor, in the midst of his first ever seizure. I called 911, and that seizure was followed by at least 4 more in the next few hours.
He's been in the ICU all week. He aspirated at some time that night, so we've added pneumonia to his issues. He's had 2 A-Fib episodes, so cardiology is up there too.
But his prognosis is good. There's no sign of the brain damage I had so feared, and he WILL recover. Those first few days, that was far from a given.
But that's not the story I wanted to share.
He's a teacher at a local Catholic high school. The seniors are in WDW right now, on their Senior Trip, and my husband was supposed to be there with them.
Knowing that, and knowing my husband's love for WDW, the kids passed the hat before leaving. The night before the trip, we were presented with a check for $4000 so that my husband and I could go to WDW.
We'll add to that, and bring the kids. We actually already have reservations that we were planning to cancel; my oldest starts college a month later and there was no way we could do both.
So we'll scale back our original plans, but we'll spend a few days in WDW this summer, celebrating both my husband's recovery and the kindness of the kids he teaches.
I read so many stories about teens, and have always said that teenagers are the mostly poorly publicized group of kids out there. I've taught since 1980, and the overwhelming number of kids I've taught have been kind and considerate and willing to go above and beyond to help others.
This is just one indication that I've been right all along.
Last Friday night, my husband was watching TV in the bedroom, while my 13 year old and I watched in the living room. She heard something from the bedroom, and went to investigate. She found my husband on the floor, in the midst of his first ever seizure. I called 911, and that seizure was followed by at least 4 more in the next few hours.
He's been in the ICU all week. He aspirated at some time that night, so we've added pneumonia to his issues. He's had 2 A-Fib episodes, so cardiology is up there too.
But his prognosis is good. There's no sign of the brain damage I had so feared, and he WILL recover. Those first few days, that was far from a given.
But that's not the story I wanted to share.
He's a teacher at a local Catholic high school. The seniors are in WDW right now, on their Senior Trip, and my husband was supposed to be there with them.
Knowing that, and knowing my husband's love for WDW, the kids passed the hat before leaving. The night before the trip, we were presented with a check for $4000 so that my husband and I could go to WDW.
We'll add to that, and bring the kids. We actually already have reservations that we were planning to cancel; my oldest starts college a month later and there was no way we could do both.
So we'll scale back our original plans, but we'll spend a few days in WDW this summer, celebrating both my husband's recovery and the kindness of the kids he teaches.
I read so many stories about teens, and have always said that teenagers are the mostly poorly publicized group of kids out there. I've taught since 1980, and the overwhelming number of kids I've taught have been kind and considerate and willing to go above and beyond to help others.
This is just one indication that I've been right all along.
