More Long Days

Yesterday morning, I got a call from my grandma. She said she was in the E.R. She woke up with chest pains, shortness of breath, and tightening in her throat. She has apparently been experiencing some chest pains lately and was already scheduled for a stress test next Monday. So, when whe woke up like that yesterday, she thought she should go get it checked out.

They ran some tests and told her that things looked pretty good, but they wanted to keep her overnight for observations. They said that if the bloodwork they did later in the day came back ok too, that she may be able to go home even that evening.

However, not too long later, the nurse came back in and said that the Cardiologist wanted to do a heart cath. to be safe since the tightness in her throat wasn't going away. I was in the room with her when they told her that, and I got an uneasy feeling because of what happened to my grandfather just last year.

It also worries me that if something were to happen to her before my grandfather...I don't know what we'd do. He is not capable of taking care of himself full time. He has the beginning stages of alzheimer's and has tons of meds he has to take everyday and he relies on her to give them to him. (I had to sort out all of them for him last night, fun!) If she were to go before him, I honestly wouldn't expect him to make it another year.

Anyway, my friend A watched my son for me this morning so I could go sit with my grandfather while my grandma was having the procedure. (Thanks, A!) Everything turned out good. There were no complications and they didn't find anything concerning. No blockages or anything. Praise God! They think it may be a problem with her stomach. She'll be having that checked into further.

So, she was able to come home this afternoon! She wanted to stop and eat lunch at their favorite place. So I picked up my son then we ate and I took them both home.

Man, I could definately live without this added stress! But, I'm just glad she's alright!

In case you were wondering: Besides the whole memory loss thing (which has been building for years) my grandfather is doing SO much better. He had a difficult year and we almost lost him more than once. He was using a walker and was on oxygen for a while as well. Now, by looking at him, you'd never be able to tell. He's just made a wonderful recovery! No more walker (just his old cane that he's used for years) and no more oxygen tank.