24 Hours

24 hours ago Chris and I were getting ready for bed.

24 hours ago his heart started to beat way too fast and very irregularly.

23 hours ago we were in the ER and Chris had been given a bolus of medicine, an EKG, a cardiac monitor, an IV, blood drawn, a chest x-ray and oxygen and was diagnosed with atrial fib.

21 hours ago chris was admitted to the telemetry floor of the hospital where his heart rate could be monitored constantly by the nursing staff. he was confined to his bed as standing up sent his heart rate into orbit.

19 hours ago i got home from the hospital and sent emails to the family, close friends and chris’ boss to let them know what was happening and then i went to bed for a couple hours.

16.5 hours ago i woke up and typed more emails and posted on my message board to my dear friends. meanwhile chris was meeting with his internist followed by his new cardiologist. meds were increased.

13.5 hours ago i was back at the hospital with chris and he was still struggling with atrial fib and a racing heart (albeit slower than when we arrived in the ER)

13 hours ago chris got a 2D echo and we spent an hour with pastor matt. he prayed with us.

10 hours ago he was eating lunch and chris h. stopped by from church to pray with us. we were finally starting to see some more downward movement in both the heart rate and the blood pressure. but the atrial fib was still an issue.

8 hours ago i left chris to get some sleep and ran home to eat a sandwich, make arrangements for the kids to get to their various activities and ironed a scout shirt.

6 hours ago i picked up the girls at school and took them to see their Daddy. when we walked in the room he excitedly told us that he had FINALLY converted to a normal sinus rhythm and they would not need to sedate him and shock his heart back into a normal rhythm. thank God.

4 hours ago chris had dinner, got rid of his IV medicine and finally felt pretty good (as long as you ignored the total exhaustion of going 12 rounds with a boxer and not getting hit)

3 hours ago i returned to the hospital after dropping connor at scouts and picking up a mint cookies and cream shake from steak n’ shake for the patient.

2 hours ago chris was moved out of his teeny tiny double corner room (with his 93 year old roommate who’s been married to his wife for 65 years…they were so cute) and was put into a private room that was much less claustrophobic.

1 hour ago i left the hospital to pick up tori from rehearsal and connor from scouts while chris fell asleep watching a lousy football game.

right now chris is unfortunately getting 2 more belly shots (they burn rather badly) but hopefully that will be his last needle of his stay.

tomorrow morning he will see his docs and be discharged and i will bring him home. thank God.

who says that time flies?