Monday, March 19, 2007

ER, again

Just in from the ER. Yes, this makes the third trip in four days. Mark blacked out, sort of. He just lost a short stretch of time. Ended up somewhere (in the house) and couldn't remember how he got there. And the pain was so bad that he asked me to take him in again. They ran a whole gamut of tests this time and found out that his kidneys have hardened (although they are still working fine) and that his something-or-other count that determines the clotting factor of his blood is way off. They could see that he was dry heaving and his nose was bleeding, so they gave him something for the nausea, but no, the doc said, he couldn't have more pain killers. Here's a prescription for an anxiety medication. Call your cardiologist in the morning. Bye bye.

Adam -- wonderful, fabulous nurse Adam -- came in and asked how we were doing with all this. Mark said he was fine. (I'd bet a big stack of cash he's not, but that it won't hit him until later.) I told him that I was tired, that I was just weary of going round and round and round. But there's nothing he can do about that.

I'm in a really foul mood. Maybe I should go sleep a bit before I have to get the kids up and start a new day...

2 comments:

Katie said...

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}
Hang in there Jenn

andrea said...

jenn, sorry to hear that you have been in the hospital so much. Prayers and hugs your way. I've been going back and reading snippets of your blog! i see how you get so much done when you don't get any sleep. what a time saver! i may crash soon though - but not today :) Here's to a hospital free tuesday!