My week that was

Y'all!

I had so many expectations of myself this week.

Then came Tuesday.  Mid-morning Tom alerted me to his escalating blood pressure.  He was also feeling light-headed, so by noon we I made the decision to go to the ER.

After all their preliminary tests, a decision was made to admit.  Unfortunately, we didn't know it would be 3am before a room came available.

More tests followed, but no-one could/would tell us anything.
Until ...

..... yesterday afternoon the attending cardiologist agreed he could come home -- provided we follow up with UAB sooner rather than later.

Their final report states he has 'medium to severe aortic stenosis' -- so we'll be taking the ride up to Birmingham next Thursday to see what Dr. A recommends.

Thankfully, the swelling in his ankles has all but disappeared and his blood pressure's stabilized.

❤️

Speaking of UAB!   I missed 'Thankful Thursday' but wanted to introduce y'all to Samuel.

Samuel isn't a blood relation, but he is the youngest member of our close church family and is greatly loved.

Born mid-November, he was immediately air-lifted to Children's.  Despite being diagnosed with Esophageal and anal atresia (plus some other challenges I won't get into), this lil trooper's defying medical explanations!

He was scheduled to have his 12th surgery yesterday, but when they go in there, surgeons discovered that, like his esophagus, his problem had solved itself.   In the words of his mother, "Doctors are floored and wondering how to explain it in their surgical report."

His feeding tube's been removed and Samuel enjoyed his very first bottle Monday.

Prayers answered!

❤️

In other news ... 

I've a new guilty obsession.
It's called Chick-Fil-A spicy chicken biscuit ... have you tried it yet?  I did everything but lick the paper wrapper.

In a total out-of-character move ...

Day before yesterday I pulled into the "full service" bay at the Chevron station and said, "Fill 'er up."

You know how long it's been?
The little old man was so friendly -- he even washed my windows and asked if I wanted him to check anything under the hood.
Pampered.  Yep, that's how I felt.

... and nope, I'm not going to make a habit of it.

Finally -- I spotted this out on FB and man, it resonated.

Even before Tom's 'incident', I'm becoming nervous over new or unfamiliar places and things that a few years ago wouldn't cause me to raise an eyebrow.

Anyone else?

Okay, I'm going to say g'night now and see what I can find in the fridge that grabs my fancy.

Y'all be good now.

'Til next time!

Hugs, Myra