Sometimes whine comes with actual cheese.
Today is one of those days when all I really want to do is cry but can't. And I'm so dense it only made sense around midday.
Yesterday my husband had a near-certain TIA. That's a mini-stroke, essentially. Blurry, even double vision and confusion followed soon by numbing of the left hand, numbing lips and sense of pressure in the head. It went away within two hours, but left a headache which has continued up until now. We called first-help last night but they said to come in if anything changes (by then the symptoms had almost disappeared).
He saw a nurse earlier today and now he's having a kardiogram and a headscan, hopefully. I picked the kid from preschool. As I took him there he said his hand is numbing again.
Hospital is no phone zone. I expect to hear from him within about an hour. Until that, coffee. And maybe some chocolate.
ETA: Got a message. He's pissed off and still with the headache. They're lacking proper equipment for some test. WTF, did we move into Hickville, Behind-God's-Back province??? Fuckers.
SON OF ETA: He's back home. No, they didn't have the equipment to check for any blood clots clocking up his head. No, they wouldn't send him over to the next city to get one. Why? Because they had no neurologist to send him there. Anyway. They sent him home with "It's probably migraine" and didn't even have the decency to drug him up for that. If they're sure it's migraine why the hell not??
So. He's suffering his still-continuing headache at home now. He's got a pre-arranged appointment to a doctor on Monday, so at least there's some follow-up.
I hear snoring already. Oh man what a day. Glad I have some strong cider and champagne flavoured chocolate.
Oh, the other highlight of the day? The car needed TWO jumpstarts on external batteries today. Fucking jalopy.
Yesterday my husband had a near-certain TIA. That's a mini-stroke, essentially. Blurry, even double vision and confusion followed soon by numbing of the left hand, numbing lips and sense of pressure in the head. It went away within two hours, but left a headache which has continued up until now. We called first-help last night but they said to come in if anything changes (by then the symptoms had almost disappeared).
He saw a nurse earlier today and now he's having a kardiogram and a headscan, hopefully. I picked the kid from preschool. As I took him there he said his hand is numbing again.
Hospital is no phone zone. I expect to hear from him within about an hour. Until that, coffee. And maybe some chocolate.
ETA: Got a message. He's pissed off and still with the headache. They're lacking proper equipment for some test. WTF, did we move into Hickville, Behind-God's-Back province??? Fuckers.
SON OF ETA: He's back home. No, they didn't have the equipment to check for any blood clots clocking up his head. No, they wouldn't send him over to the next city to get one. Why? Because they had no neurologist to send him there. Anyway. They sent him home with "It's probably migraine" and didn't even have the decency to drug him up for that. If they're sure it's migraine why the hell not??
So. He's suffering his still-continuing headache at home now. He's got a pre-arranged appointment to a doctor on Monday, so at least there's some follow-up.
I hear snoring already. Oh man what a day. Glad I have some strong cider and champagne flavoured chocolate.
Oh, the other highlight of the day? The car needed TWO jumpstarts on external batteries today. Fucking jalopy.