June 16 2012, Saturday.
I received
a call from Becky, my ex-wife. She told
me that Andres, our son-in-law had a seizure.
(On Father’s Day Amber, my daughter called and I heard more details.)
Amber had
been having trouble sleeping. So she had
gone into the guest bedroom so as to not wake Andres. A short time later she heard a sound from the
master bedroom. Thinking that one of the
girls had awakened, she went to check on it.
It was Andres “bent over like a jockey and bouncing up and down on the
bed.” His eyes were rolled back into his
head and he was foaming at the mouth.
Amber
called 911 and then called some friends to come and watch my
granddaughters. Amber held Andres until
the paramedics arrived. She said, “I
thought he was going to die in my arms.”
It was very scary. The three
girls slept through the entire incident, ambulance siren and all.
Once her
friends had arrived to stay with the kids, Amber went to the hospital and
stayed until Andres had come out of the seizure. She then had to return home to be with the
girls when they woke.
The doctors
have run (and will continue to check) various tests, but have been unable to
determine a cause. In fact they say that
Andres is in excellent health and great physical shape.
He will be
on medication for the next three to five years that is supposed to decrease the
chance of his having another episode. He
will also be restricted from driving for the next six months. This is going to force a lot of changes on
their household and shift more responsibilities onto Amber, who is already
juggling a lot of things.
Please add
them to your prayer list.
June 17 2012 Sunday Fathers’ Day
I called
Andres to wish him a Happy Father’s Day and talked with him for a little
bit. He said that he is feeling fine …
like nothing happened. They were on the
way to the beach (they live in Miami)
with the friends who had babysat during the seizure incident.
After
talking with Andres, I called Arik to wish him a Happy Father’s Day. He was at work at the restaurant and
preparing for the expected crowd of families celebrating with their fathers.
I preached
at Cutty’s Worship service in the morning.
Ella worked in the afternoon.
Adam, with
his two kids, Tate and Emery, came to wish me a Happy Father’s Day and take me
to lunch. We went to El Mariachi Restaurant
in Johnston. Adam had beef fajitas, both kids had
quesadillas, and I had chili Verde made with chunks of port loin. The only other times that I’ve eaten chili Verde
it was made with pork chops. I preferred
the loin.
After we
returned home to Cutty’s Resort, Tate and Emery went swimming at the large
indoor pool at the clubhouse. Ella was
able to come and watch them swim for a while as she worked.
Adam was
telling me about his winning $400.00 as the “Biggest Loser” at work. This is
the second year that he has entered and the first time that he won. Last year he mixed dieting and exercise. This year, however, he just went the diet
route.
He started
by juicing for several weeks and took off most of the weight fairly
quickly. He then went on a vegetarian
diet for several weeks to maintain the weight loss. Then he did another round of juicing to take
of the final weight.
Adam said
that he is concerned about my health and weight and that I should consider juicing. At nearly 300 pounds, even at 6 foot, I could
stand to lose a third of my weight. If
he brings the juicer over, I think I’ll try it for a while.
I used to
have a juicer of my own and enjoyed it.
However, the idea of running all of that produce through the machine and
then throwing the bulk of it away just goes against my stingy soul. I do miss running frozen cantaloupe melons
through it and eating the instant sherbet.
Heather
called to say Happy Father’s Day but, since she was at work, she was called
away before we had a chance to really visit.
June 18 2012 Monday.
Monday was
a work day for me. Eight to three thirty.
Ella watched the great granddaughters from about seven to early
afternoon.
It was a
strange day in the weather. The heat index
was around 110 degrees and we were having 45 mph wind gusts.
When I got
home from work, I sat down with the laptop to work on the checkbook and the
budget. However, when I realized that I
had gone to sleep with my hands on the keyboard (I’d typed a long line of
ddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd) I put the computer away, dropped the
recliner into full laid out mode and took a nap. When I woke it was nearly seven p.m. I watched “America’s Got Talent” and then went
to bed.
June 19 2012 Tuesday
I woke
around five thirty, as usual. This
morning I finished working on the budget and checkbook. This was another work day for me. Eight to three thirty again. I have managed to stay awake long enough to
type this blog update.
