My Husband Had A Heart Attack On Saturday

[hodge]

Thank you, Lost. And, yes, it is almost beyond amazing!

Here's hoping and praying there will be nothing to update except continued progress :-).

 

[Chimera]

@hodge
I am sorry that your husband had a heart attach, but am glad you're so diligent in your care of your loved ones. You have probably saved his life.
I wish you both health and wellness and many more years together..just thinking how wonderful it is to know ya'll are still fighting the good fight, together.

 

[Tinyflame]

I am thankful he is ok @hodge , take care of yourself too. Love & prayers for you both, xoxox. :hug:

 

[Whyteferret]

We got home from the main hospital 100 miles away early this afternoon. He is fine now, just pretty tired....

I'm glad he's doing better.

 

[hodge]

Thank you, Chimera. Well, I think he saved his own life by finally waking me up. Of all the nights to not have insomnia!! Well, I kind of did. Didn't get to sleep till about 2 a.m. I wish I had been up when he first started having chest pains, but evidently it wasn't too late, as he is doing so well now. Thank you so much for your well wishes. We hope the same!! We've always fought the good fight together ever since we've been together, and there have been a few. He is so worth it I can't express how much. I don't know how I'd go on without him. And early that morning when he was in the ER, he was telling me how much he was concerned about me and his kids. Gads, also reminding me he wanted to be cremated and wanted a memorial service and not a funeral, etc. I just kept telling him, I know, but we don't need any of that yet. I was so sure in my gut he was going to survive. That is amazing to me, too.

 

[hodge]

Thank you, Junebug. Me, too!!!! I am taking it easy now. Got all the immediate necessary stuff done today and will focus on recovering tomorrow. Thank you for the prayers and hugs :hug:s to you, too!

 

[hodge]

Thank you, Whyteferret. I really appreciate it! :-).

 

[EveHarrington]

:hug:

Sending positive thoughts and well wishes your way.

 

[hodge]

Thank you so much, Eve :hug:s

 

[hodge]

I am so totally not tired now. I'd like to sleep, but a good part of me is afraid my husband will wake me up again with chest pains. I know that is very unlikely to happen. It's an irrational fear. Neither of us liked staying in the hospital but I was at least comforted by the fact that the nurses were always checking him and that he was completely in the right place if anything else bad happened. Now we're on our own again. I do trust they wouldn't have discharged him if they thought there was any realistic risk of anything further. They certainly did enough tests before they let him go. That's one good thing about hospitals here -- they don't want to get sued, so they're pretty careful.

Don't mean to sound so cynical. All the doctors, nurses, and support staff were great and very nice. They even joked with us about how "difficult" we were, lol.. Last night the nurse even brought us both some ice cream, even though I was supposed to pay cash for mine, according to hospital rules. She also brought me tea this morning and didn't charge us, which was really nice.

I understand why I have this irrational fear. I know it would not be good for me to try to stay up all night. They tested him every hour all Saturday night and Sunday morning for signs of stroke and he passed with flying colors. He also has no symptoms of infection (which is really one of the most worrying things for me, as hospitals are hotbeds for bad infections). And he hasn't had any signs of that, but what if the incubation period is longer? What he has symptoms tomorrow? Okay, I know, don't go there. But I do have to be on the lookout for it. Aacckk.

 

[hodge]

Eh, okay, I know that if I can't keep it together, I can always email my therapist for a tune-up. She "graduated" me last year but said she'll always be there for me if I need that.

 

[hodge]

I know what's bothering me. He is very slow on the uptake right now. My husband is one of the most intelligent people I know. He's not terribly bright on certain practical things, but he's highly intelligent in many other ways. And he's been unusually slow about certain practical things. I had to show him three times which of his meds he needs to take in the morning. I set them apart and showed him the labels on the bottles and the written instructions from the hospital, so it would be easy for him to know. The labels and the written instructions from the hospital are all right there next to his meds and make it quite clear what he is to take and when. I wanted to make sure he knew because I'm not likely to be awake early enough to help him in the morning. Eh, I should probably set my alarm to make sure I'm up to help him. And there's other minor stuff. I don't know if it's exhaustion or something else. Then again, he's on top of some other things. Like the current political situation, for example. He's always had an easier time with abstract intellectual stuff than with practical stuff. It all seems more exaggerated right now.

Ah, I just sent him an email telling him to wake me up if he's not sure which meds to take in the morning. That was the ticket.