What were you guys up to at 6:30 am?

Cause I was learning that Ithaca's hospital is in the middle of fucking nowhere. Eric woke up this morning and said that it hurt to breathe, and that it hurt so much he wanted to go to the emergency room. So, we drive out to the hospital. When the nurse asks him what's wrong, he says he has chest pains, which is the magic word in an emergency room. The upside of his choice of wording is that we got in right away: they put him in a wheel chair and scooted him into a room, where he was hooked up to monitors for his heart. The downside is that we got a lot of nice expensive tests done (like 3 EKGs... man I hope the insurance covers a lot of this). We see the doctor for a grand total of 1:30 minutes - she just makes sure he's not dying of a heart attack and leaves. After 3 nurses take blood from him 4 times (one messed up and stopped: one tried twice and got it: and one had to take more blood after his samples clotted) we watched the history channel for 2 hours. Finally the doctor comes in for another minute to tell us "You will go home. Pain was muscular-skeleltal." and then she's off again, and we're left going, "Ok.... are we supposed to leave now? Is she coming back, since she left in the middle of a sentence?"

What we've gathered from the discharge papers is that he experienced some sort of muscle pain, which could be caused from exersion, coughing, or whatever (Eric thinks he might have been sitting in a weird way while letting the bunnies run around). We got a prescription, which we're a little unclear on regarding what it is and what its for, since the doctor did such a fine job (can't wait to get the survey so we can give her a review). He is supposed to follow up with his regular doctor, who we're hoping will give us a better idea about what's going on.

Since I only got 3-4 hours of sleep before spending 4 1/2 hours at the hospital, I called in to work. We went back to bed at noon, so now I feel all bleh. Eric's doing fine. His chest muscles feel sore, but he's not really in pain. Just thought I'd share our adventure with you guys.

~Katie

Ok, so I feel a bit guilty

So, I feel a bit guilty for posting this so soon after Manda, but it just kicks so much ass I had to show you guys. Jen get Kevin, cause I think he'll appreciate it too: http://missedmanners.wordpress.com/2007/01/12/what-i-did-over-christmas-vacation/

And, of course Manda, I'm so so sorry for your loss. Loosing one person is sucky enough: two at a time from unrelated causes takes the gold I think. Call if you need anything.

I will be awol for a while.

My grandmother died on Sat. morning and my uncle died today, Mon. I am attending the funerals on Monday and don't think I'll be around for blogging.

Call me if you need me.

Love you both so much.

Amanda

Anyone interested in going on a cruise?

If so, please im, email, or call me asap. My sister, her friend, and I are possibly looking to go sometime in March (March 10th to be exact).

Love ya,
Jen

Back to the Grind

So, before I head off to a long day of work and school (work till 4 and then class till 11), I just wanted to say hello. I hope you both enjoyed your Christmas presents from me. Manda, I'm sorry it took so long to get your present to you, but every single company we tried to purchase your present from would tell us, several days after ordering, that the present wasn't in stock. So, we were finally able to find a store, but unfortuantely, we could not get the exact color...so, I hope you still like it. I also want to thank you both for my presents....I loved them all. I miss you both and hopefully we will be able to get together soon. Sasha, our dog, says hi as well. For a few pics, visit our (kevin and mine) blog at jen-kev.blospot.com.

Much Love,

Jen