Untitled DL chat thread. Everyone is welcome! Part 10

[eatmypixiedust]

Hi everyone!!!

I've been on vacation, but am back now and wanted to say hey.

How are you? I hope you had a wonderful vacation!

Where did you go?

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Wow, not a hyena on sight!! My bf and I ate at a local Chinese restaraunt for dinner. I had the walnut crispy shrimp and my bf had the sauteed shrimp. We've been going to this restaraunt for years and I know the owner, but I think we both had an allergic reaction to the food! I felt itchy and I had tiny bumps appear on my left eyelid and then my back itched. Then I went home and took clarinex and it helped! My bf had a horrible stomach ache after eating the food. He took some medicine too and felt better.

We rested a bit and then we went over to my parents house. My little sister, bf and I played scrabble. I found my scrabble board in the garage. It's the kind that is a lazy susan style and you can spin the board. I lost the first game but then I won the 2nd game. We laughed so hard and we had a great time! The best word I spelled was hobbled

 

[funnygarcia]

I know no one is up at this god awful hour.. but I had to share..

My hubby is probably thinking I am an utter fool, overly cautious but I was so scared!

Sleeping and woke up to sound of our bathroom cupboard go bang, then I hear some moanng and garbled yelling.. then bang bang bang...

Are you ok honey? Hello??
Push the door open and find DH laying on the floor.. not "himself" in the least! He was drooling, kicking , banging his head in the corner formed by the closed door and the wall, and yelling/moaning.

I couldn't wake him up.

Washed his face with cold water, yelled at him, had a little hysterical fit " God D it ! You didn't take me all the way to California to act like this!" "Wake up!!!"

I put a pillow to protect his head , then he started snoring and breathing heavy (with a mouthful of saliva as well).

Little break in the action here...

Hubby takes Ambien (sleep med) for chronic insomnia, he has had moments when seems to be fully functioning.. carries on a whole conversation with me (some times it makes no sense), makes a snack (sometimes weird combinations).. all while actually asleep.
He had "eloped" one time when we were on the trip to CA. I didn't know he took his meds. He said he was going to the car for ear phones (car was right outside the door), came back several minutes later with a can of pop, and no ear phones.
Woke up the next day , he asks "where did the pop come from?".. huh? you bought it last night. He freaked and verified how long he was gone.. is the car still there? Thank goodness, he wasn't gone long enough to do anything too weird.

Back to the events of my morning:

I didn't want him to choke on saliva, waked him up a bit more, trying to get him on his side.

I couldn't move his butt, he's close to 200 pounds.

He woke up a bit, reached for me to help him sit up. He sat up a bit and then was wobbly enough that I got scared he would fall in the kitty litter box
Helped him rearrange himself and put pillows to protect him and wedge him on his side on the floor.
Meanwhile.. he's still "not himself", vacant stare of a crazy person is the first thought that popped in my head. I cried some more, yelled at him some more.. Noticed he had scrapes on his head.

Decided enough was enough .

Got dressed while he fell asleep snoring in the bathroom doorway. (More normal sleep at this point) Collected his meds, turned on all the lights. Found my cell and called for an ambulance.

FYI.. We haven't changed our phones to California numbers yet. We put it off as my MIL phone has been disconnnected and hope that she will call our cell to tell us what the heck is happening.
The 911 operator in MN had someone look up fire services in Moval and then connected me thru.

Go back and check on hubby, he's sleeping. I try to wake him again. He opens his eyes, but they are doing the REM thing.
He reaches up a hand to me, seems a little more aware. I tell him what happened and that I called an ambulance. But he slides back into unawareness again.

I tell the boys that Dad has had a reaction to his meds, ambulance is coming.
They scurry out of bed and follow me into the bedroom. At this point, I go to talk to hubby again.. he wakes up. He's himself again.
He says .."Hi dear, what's wrong?"

He gets up and hugs me as I start bawling again. I tell him what happened," I couldn't wake you!"

He tells me he hadn't slept the night before and had trouble sleeping last night.

I tell him again.. an ambulance is coming! He's all perplexed that I actually called for an ambulance.

He gets dressed.
Poke my head out the door, where the heck is the ambulance? It had been over 10 minutes since I called. Told hubby "if you were having a heart attack you would be dead by now".

I can hear the rig (no siren, just motor sounds), but it sounds far off. Then I see one of the EMTs hunting aorund trying to find the apartment.

I wave at him, tell him that hubby woke up and he's seems fine now.

They check him all over. BP is high, but he's been without one of his meds for two days .. I'm suprised.. I thought he only had missed one dose.

He tells the EMT since he couldn't fall asleep last night, he had taken ANOTHER dose of Ambien an hour after his first dose, . I look at him, scold him "no wonder why!"
They decided to bring him in to hospital "just to make sure it wasn't anything else".

Find out from one of the EMTs that our gate didn't work, the emergency key panel was not functioning. Explains why it took over 10 minutes for them to reach us.

yeah, hubby's at the hospital.. I feel like a fool.. but dang it I was so freaked that something "came loose" inside his head. When J was little we both worked at a nursing home, he reminded me of some of the patients we had on the dementia unit.

 

[funnygarcia]

sigh... it's been about 2 hours since he was taken to the hospital. Wonder how long he has to wait to be seen and then released? The one other time he went by ambulance he was really sick (pneumonia that nearly killed him) , this time around it's just a precautionary thing.. meaning he will have to wait around to be seen. Not sure how busy the local hospital is compared to the inner city located hospital he routinely went in MN.

 

[Albort]

sigh... it's been about 2 hours since he was taken to the hospital. Wonder how long he has to wait to be seen and then released? The one other time he went by ambulance he was really sick (pneumonia that nearly killed him) , this time around it's just a precautionary thing.. meaning he will have to wait around to be seen. Not sure how busy the local hospital is compared to the inner city located hospital he routinely went in MN.

i hope everything works out fine for your DH.

Its sunday though... i remember when my mom was in the hospital on a sunday, we couldnt get her released until like 8PM at night...

 

[funnygarcia]

i hope everything works out fine for your DH.

Its sunday though... i remember when my mom was in the hospital on a sunday, we couldnt get her released until like 8PM at night...

Don't tell me that!

I don't think they will admit him, treat and street type of thing .. unless they freak over his blood pressure 200/ 100 this moning.

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

How are you? I hope you had a wonderful vacation!

Where did you go?

Love the graphics. I went on a Disney cruise on the Mediterranean (11 nights) with my kids, and then went to the north of Spain to visit our relatives (grandfather was born there). The cruise was fantastic, made even better by the DISers we met, and the visit to the family was special. It was fiesta there, and the kids partied every night. In the town we were at they didn't get home until 6:30am, which is normal there. We really had a great time and were gone about a month.

I know no one is up at this god awful hour.. but I had to share..

My hubby is probably thinking I am an utter fool, overly cautious but I was so scared!

Sleeping and woke up to sound of our bathroom cupboard go bang, then I hear some moanng and garbled yelling.. then bang bang bang...

Are you ok honey? Hello??
Push the door open and find DH laying on the floor.. not "himself" in the least! He was drooling, kicking , banging his head in the corner formed by the closed door and the wall, and yelling/moaning.

What a scary thing to go through! I hope he is a-okay, and that they let him come home soon.

 

[funnygarcia]

Thanks for the kind words Mary Jo.

Just called the emergency room, he's still there. Oriented and doing fine, taking a snooze. The nurse will call me back when they find out for sure if he's staying or going home.. they don't know yet. Thanks to HIPPA regs, she can't tell me much else.

Will know after 11 am .

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

I'm glad he's better, but that is so scary!

 

[AZMickeyfans]

OMG Bernice! I hope he is alright. Please keep us informed on his progress. What a scary thing. Did he have a seizure associated with the meds? My brother is epileptic and has Grand Mal Seizures all too often. Very scary stuff.

I sure hope he is alright.

 

[AZMickeyfans]

HI MARY JO! Can't wait to hear/read about your trip. It sounds fabulous. Are you gonna post some pictures!

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Love the graphics. I went on a Disney cruise on the Mediterranean (11 nights) with my kids, and then went to the north of Spain to visit our relatives (grandfather was born there). The cruise was fantastic, made even better by the DISers we met, and the visit to the family was special. It was fiesta there, and the kids partied every night. In the town we were at they didn't get home until 6:30am, which is normal there. We really had a great time and were gone about a month.

Wow, that sounds like fun!! I'm glad you and your family had such a great time! I hope to go on a Disney Cruise one of these days. I know that they are going to dock at Long Beach, which is awesome! Then I don't have to fly out of state! I heard it won't be until 2008 (not too far off)

Thanks for the kind words Mary Jo.

Just called the emergency room, he's still there. Oriented and doing fine, taking a snooze. The nurse will call me back when they find out for sure if he's staying or going home.. they don't know yet. Thanks to HIPPA regs, she can't tell me much else.

Will know after 11 am .

OMG Bernice! I'm sorry to hear about your DH! What a scary experience that is! I hope that he is feeling better and I hope that he can return home soon! Please keep us posted.

 

[staley7580]

Oh bernice!!!!! I hope he will be okay!!!

 

[staley7580]

Ugh... I wasnt on last night because I was tired.. I have really been trying to cook and clean and keep everything looking nice. But it seems the more I clean, the messier everything looks!! I am about done with it! Anyways.. we went to Red Lobster for our Anniversary dinner/lunch, and it was good. Dh ordered steamed Lobster, and they asked him what size... "I dont know.. Big?" The waiter... "We have 4lbs... Big enough?" TOO BIG!!! We went to look at the 4 pounders... They were gigantic!!! It would have been like eating a cat!!! So he went with the 2 pounder.. So that was our exciting day..

 

[dizzyami]

Ugh... I wasnt on last night because I was tired.. I have really been trying to cook and clean and keep everything looking nice. But it seems the more I clean, the messier everything looks!! I am about done with it! Anyways.. we went to Red Lobster for our Anniversary dinner/lunch, and it was good. Dh ordered steamed Lobster, and they asked him what size... "I dont know.. Big?" The waiter... "We have 4lbs... Big enough?" TOO BIG!!! We went to look at the 4 pounders... They were gigantic!!! It would have been like eating a cat!!! So he went with the 2 pounder.. So that was our exciting day..

 

[dizzyami]

Hey Bernice - hope everything is ok with hubby - keep us posted please!!! I definitely would have reacted the same way too - you can never be too careful - I just hope he is ok!!!

 

[sameyeyam]

Hi Bernice,
Hope DH is doing better. That is so scary!! Hopefully the blood pressure was just a result of taking too much of the Ambien. Keep us informed, Ill check back in a couple of hours. Hopefully by then you will know more. In the meantime sending lots of hugs & prayers your way.

 

[sameyeyam]

Anybody around??

 

[sameyeyam]

Ugh... I wasnt on last night because I was tired.. I have really been trying to cook and clean and keep everything looking nice. But it seems the more I clean, the messier everything looks!! I am about done with it! Anyways.. we went to Red Lobster for our Anniversary dinner/lunch, and it was good. Dh ordered steamed Lobster, and they asked him what size... "I dont know.. Big?" The waiter... "We have 4lbs... Big enough?" TOO BIG!!! We went to look at the 4 pounders... They were gigantic!!! It would have been like eating a cat!!! So he went with the 2 pounder.. So that was our exciting day..

Happy Anniversary Megan!

 

[dizzyami]

Oh no, I am too late....