Monday, September 21, 2015

Okay

So I stayed up last night and took a test for my Ed Psych class.  It was one of those when maybe I shouldn't have stayed up late for that.  The brain was a bit sluggish, a bit tired.  It went fine I just messed up on two questions.  One of those I had actually had correct and then decided to adjust my answer.  Those ones are always upsetting.  I also had one that was not a trick question but I determined that it must be one or the other so I went with the one I could make the strongest case for.  It was both.  Dang it.  And so a few minutes before 2 AM I went to bed thinking I should have waited on that test until the morning.  Well, I don't know. I was just dozing off when my phone started buzzing and kept buzzing. I looked at the caller id and found it was mom. I knew that meant something was wrong. Answered and she said dad was puking up blood and the paramedics were on the way. She was surprised that she got me. I probably would have slept right though it had I not just barely dozed off. She said I didn't need to come up and I should go back to sleep.  How do you go back to sleep in that situation?  You don't. I got my keys and other driving necessities and headed up to their house.  When I got there the paramedics had everything under control and were ready to roll him out. I didn't do a lot, just talked to mom. Pops was on the stretcher or whatever you call those things and he was talking like it was no big deal. They rolled him out and loaded him in the ambulance and they were off.  I told mom I would talk to her after classes this morning and check in.  I did.  She had gone home to sleep, said everything was okay, that they had given him blood and fluids and he was looking much better. They were going to scope again to see if they could find the problem, the source of the bleeding.  I had more homework and testing to do and then was off to my late class.  The boys and I went over to the hospital when I got home around 7.  Mom was there and pops was looking good.  Andy was excited about an extra bed that was in the room and thought he could sleep there.  Anyway, there was the usual joking and teasing and everything is okay.  This is a bit of a wild ride the old man has been on for the last couple of years.  Hopefully tomorrow they will find out more and we can get to the bottom of what is happening. The amazing thing about all of this is that pops continues to have an amazing attitude.  There were times when he struggled a bit with how hard things were and some other things but he was always and is always quick with a smile and a joke of some sort.  He keeps things light and has fun.  I don't know how he does that but he does and I think it puts everyone at ease and we know everything is going to be okay. 

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