Hello, in these early morning hours....
It's a little after midnight, but thought I'd take a few minutes to drop you all a line.
Work was "ok" today...as ok as work can be. lol The day went by rather quickly, which is always nice. Hopefully, tomorrow will be the same.
Landon called this afternoon, and wanted to know if we wanted to come out for dinner. We were going to fry some chicken, have mashed potatos, and gravy, and all the trimmings. Note, that I said "were".
When I called Lee at work to ask him if that's what he wanted to do, he said that would be fine, but that we needed to stop by the hospital first. A very dear friend of ours, that Lee works with, Sonja, had to put her husband, Justin, back in the hospital, again. Beginning last week, she had him to the emergency room for some severe pains in his chest. Needless to say, at only 28, drs. never dreamed of heart problems and thought he was possibly having some type of ulcer flair up. After 4 trips to the hosp., they finally decided to do an EKG, and found that two of his arteries were blocked, and that he had suffered a heart attack. They sent him home, after putting in two balloons, and started him on
medication. He had been home about a week, when he began to experience more chest pains again on Sat. They took him back to the ER, and discovered that he also had a 40% blockage in the other two arteries. So today, they did two more balloons.
Sonja, has already gone through 4 yrs. of pre-med, and is in her 2nd yr. of med school, at University of Missouri. She is almost positive that he suffered another heart attack on Sat. although drs. are notsaying that. So, when I picked Lee up at work, we went to check in and see how Justin was doing. He look alot better than Lee and I thought he would, and drs. say that it's a possibility that he may get to go home tomorrow. Sonja, bless her heart, is beside herself, and believe me, I know exactly how she feels. When Lee was in the hospital with the Erchliosis, she was there almost everyday, to check in on him, and on me. They are such wonderful friends. This is hereditary, as there are alot of heart problems on his mothers side of the family. We heard tonight, that his mom had a relative die of a heart attack at age 14. So, this is very serious, but we're hoping that drs. can get him on the right medications. Justin told us tonight that University has sent a blood sample to Mayo Clinic, to get their imput on what the best medication would be, to help him get this problem under control. Unfortunately, Sonja is not happy at all with the inital treatment that Justin received. Protocol for the hospital, is that anyone being admitted with chest pains, is to have an EKG done immediately. I will admit that 28 is certainly not prime age for a heart attack, but she had Justin at the hospital on 4 different occasions, and an EKG was never done, until his 4th trip in. Needless to say, she knows she has a lawsuit on her hands. But...if she brings a law suit against the University Hospital, not surprisingly, she will be kicked out of med school. This is such a shock to us, because we were SO pleased with the care and treatment that Lee received, and has received, for his Erchliosis, and with his cancer treatments. We're just really shocked that this has happened, and that EKG's were not run as they should have been. The statute of limitation will not run out till after she has graduated med school, but there is talk that they may possible sue on behalf of Justin's parents. I think they are still debating this issue. It may be called Addison Hospital, before this is all over...lol Well, probably not that extreme, but it would be a HUGE chunck of money. So... if you would, please say a prayer for Justin to have the strength to get through this, for his drs. and nurses, to make the right calls, and for Sonja. I know personally, how hard this is on her.
So, by the time we got done at the hosp., and headed for Landon's it was going on 9:00, and we knew it would be too late to start frying chicken and mashing potatos, so we just stopped at the grocery store, picked up some chicken strips, and slaw from the deli, and some nice tomotoes, and just did a quickie supper. We got home just a little before 12.
Lee informed me tonight that he has to be at work tomorrow around 8....which I wasn't too thrilled to hear about, since that means I have to get up early to take him....until, he quickly chimmed in that I wouldn't have to get up, because Jeremy was going to pick him up. He works with Lee. So, that even makes it better, seeing that I won't have to get up and take Lee to work, and will be able to sleep in. You sure won't hear me complaining about that, since I have to be at work Thurs. morning at 8 am, so that will be a real early morning for me. Only nice thing about that is, that I'll be off by 1, and have the rest of the afternoon free.
Well, guess this didn't turn out to be such a quick email, after all...lol You know me when I get started. It's almost 1 am now, so guess it's about time to hit the sack, even though I don't have to get up tomorrow. Lee's been in bed about 1/2 hr., and I can hear him snoring through the closed bedroom door....lol Guess I know what I'm going to have to listen to when I get in there...hehehehe
Don't forget to say a little prayer for Justin and Sonja...
I'll be here tomorrow morning, with coffee in hand, maybe half asleep...lol....but I'll be here. Will talk to you all then. Hope you all had a great Tuesday.
Nighty nite...
Love,
Lev
Work was "ok" today...as ok as work can be. lol The day went by rather quickly, which is always nice. Hopefully, tomorrow will be the same.
Landon called this afternoon, and wanted to know if we wanted to come out for dinner. We were going to fry some chicken, have mashed potatos, and gravy, and all the trimmings. Note, that I said "were".
When I called Lee at work to ask him if that's what he wanted to do, he said that would be fine, but that we needed to stop by the hospital first. A very dear friend of ours, that Lee works with, Sonja, had to put her husband, Justin, back in the hospital, again. Beginning last week, she had him to the emergency room for some severe pains in his chest. Needless to say, at only 28, drs. never dreamed of heart problems and thought he was possibly having some type of ulcer flair up. After 4 trips to the hosp., they finally decided to do an EKG, and found that two of his arteries were blocked, and that he had suffered a heart attack. They sent him home, after putting in two balloons, and started him on
medication. He had been home about a week, when he began to experience more chest pains again on Sat. They took him back to the ER, and discovered that he also had a 40% blockage in the other two arteries. So today, they did two more balloons.
Sonja, has already gone through 4 yrs. of pre-med, and is in her 2nd yr. of med school, at University of Missouri. She is almost positive that he suffered another heart attack on Sat. although drs. are notsaying that. So, when I picked Lee up at work, we went to check in and see how Justin was doing. He look alot better than Lee and I thought he would, and drs. say that it's a possibility that he may get to go home tomorrow. Sonja, bless her heart, is beside herself, and believe me, I know exactly how she feels. When Lee was in the hospital with the Erchliosis, she was there almost everyday, to check in on him, and on me. They are such wonderful friends. This is hereditary, as there are alot of heart problems on his mothers side of the family. We heard tonight, that his mom had a relative die of a heart attack at age 14. So, this is very serious, but we're hoping that drs. can get him on the right medications. Justin told us tonight that University has sent a blood sample to Mayo Clinic, to get their imput on what the best medication would be, to help him get this problem under control. Unfortunately, Sonja is not happy at all with the inital treatment that Justin received. Protocol for the hospital, is that anyone being admitted with chest pains, is to have an EKG done immediately. I will admit that 28 is certainly not prime age for a heart attack, but she had Justin at the hospital on 4 different occasions, and an EKG was never done, until his 4th trip in. Needless to say, she knows she has a lawsuit on her hands. But...if she brings a law suit against the University Hospital, not surprisingly, she will be kicked out of med school. This is such a shock to us, because we were SO pleased with the care and treatment that Lee received, and has received, for his Erchliosis, and with his cancer treatments. We're just really shocked that this has happened, and that EKG's were not run as they should have been. The statute of limitation will not run out till after she has graduated med school, but there is talk that they may possible sue on behalf of Justin's parents. I think they are still debating this issue. It may be called Addison Hospital, before this is all over...lol Well, probably not that extreme, but it would be a HUGE chunck of money. So... if you would, please say a prayer for Justin to have the strength to get through this, for his drs. and nurses, to make the right calls, and for Sonja. I know personally, how hard this is on her.
So, by the time we got done at the hosp., and headed for Landon's it was going on 9:00, and we knew it would be too late to start frying chicken and mashing potatos, so we just stopped at the grocery store, picked up some chicken strips, and slaw from the deli, and some nice tomotoes, and just did a quickie supper. We got home just a little before 12.
Lee informed me tonight that he has to be at work tomorrow around 8....which I wasn't too thrilled to hear about, since that means I have to get up early to take him....until, he quickly chimmed in that I wouldn't have to get up, because Jeremy was going to pick him up. He works with Lee. So, that even makes it better, seeing that I won't have to get up and take Lee to work, and will be able to sleep in. You sure won't hear me complaining about that, since I have to be at work Thurs. morning at 8 am, so that will be a real early morning for me. Only nice thing about that is, that I'll be off by 1, and have the rest of the afternoon free.
Well, guess this didn't turn out to be such a quick email, after all...lol You know me when I get started. It's almost 1 am now, so guess it's about time to hit the sack, even though I don't have to get up tomorrow. Lee's been in bed about 1/2 hr., and I can hear him snoring through the closed bedroom door....lol Guess I know what I'm going to have to listen to when I get in there...hehehehe
Don't forget to say a little prayer for Justin and Sonja...
I'll be here tomorrow morning, with coffee in hand, maybe half asleep...lol....but I'll be here. Will talk to you all then. Hope you all had a great Tuesday.
Nighty nite...
Love,
Lev
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