An Unexpected Trip

So we all managed to get sick a week ago with a lovely virus that I won't go into any details about. Poor Nathan got it the worst though, running a fever for over 5 days. The nice thing about it was that we all got sick at pretty much the same time so it came and left as fast as possible. The bad thing was that it was over the weekend (which was good in some ways) so we didn't get anything done that we had planned.

Therefore we were really excited about this past weekend - I had big ideas for things we might do! Like finish cleaning out our garage, and perhaps unpack the last of our boxes. Maybe even finish painting!

But none of that happened. Apparently our agenda was too full.

Saturday morning we got up early for Nathan's FIRST T-ball game. Oh man, was he cute!!! I forgot my camera as we were rushing to get to his 8:30am game so no pics (sorry!). He had missed his first game the week before due to the aforementioned lovely virus. So we were all really excited about this game. Nathan did great! It was so fun watching all these little guys play t-ball together.

Afterwards we went with my mom to Cracker Barrel for brunch. If you've never been there, I highly recommend it!! The kids love going through their store and looking at all the fun toys and candy. Of course we never leave empty handed (thanks, mom!!!). So while we were enjoying the best biscuits ever with homemade apple butter, Dan mentions to me that his vision is weird - he's seeing lights and can't focus his eyes.

It doesn't go away as we finish up, so I drive Mom home and then we go home. By the time we got home Dan was not doing well at all. His head was in intense pain around his eyes and he still couldn't focus them. Dan grudgingly allowed me to call the doctor to find out what we should do. The response was to go to the ER and have it checked out.

Now if you know my husband (or any other man for that matter) you won't be surprised that he did NOT think going to the hospital was the right answer. He thought we should "wait and see if it gets better." So we waited. It got worse. I convinced him to go to the ER.

Fortunately for us, Dan's parents were not too far when I called them and they agreed to come watch the kids so I could take Dan in. I can't thank them enough for spending their entire Saturday watching our kids - they took them out and had so much fun (at least the kids did!). Thank you, thank you Carla & Richard!!!!!!!!

Wow I really didn't mean to make this post so long so I'll cut it short. We waited an hour in the waiting room at the ER before getting in, then another hour before the doctor saw Dan. After blood tests, eye exams, and a CT scan (all which took a couple hours), we got to wait another hour for the results. During all of this they gave Dan some meds which made him feel a lot better, so Dan slept. I got to sit in a chair next to him and worry.

Finally, the doctor came in and told us that everything looked normal from the tests and that Dan had experienced an "atypical migraine." Meaning, a migraine unlike the ones he normally has. Wow. We paid $100 bucks for that?! No, I'm glad we did - it put my mind at ease to know that he is OK. He's healthy and now feeling much better.

So there you have it - another fun weekend! This one will be much better, as long as we can all stay well and avoid the ER.