Crazy Chaos NOT Concluding

Life. No matter how much you prepare or plan, it'll still wallop you upside the head.

Last night, my dad (Cedeham's) was admitted to his local VA Hospital after he experienced chest pains and breathing difficulties and "feeling like passing out." My mom rushed him in (they had just returned home from an appointment there), and "they" got him straight from the parking lot to an exam bed-- no waiting!

Not a heart attack, per se. As it turns out, his lungs are completely full of blood clots (pulmonary embolism )and he wasn't getting enough oxygen, so his heart was working harder trying to get oxygen to his brain and body. The hospital has been running tests and they'll be keeping him for a while. He's got the deep vein thrombosis in his legs, and likely has blood clots in other places as well.

In other words, life-altering crisis.

Now it's a matter of time and tests to find out what may happen. My dad will be kept in the hospital until his heart rate comes down, as it hasn't gone below 100.

While this comes as a bit of a shock, in some ways it's good, too. The timing couldn't be better for something like this, as he just retired in December and is a Disabled American Veteran (DAV) with VA benefits. The other surprising thing is how well the doctors, nurses and staff are treating and taking care of both my folks. It's reassuring to know that not the entire system is broken, and for once my parents are getting proper care, and they feel. . . respected.

Guess Life isn't done throwing us curve balls. Good thing we've been made very malleable by Life events of the past, and we're learning to keep "rolling with the punches." We have to, because we're still in a fight!

There's a reason I try to never voice "What's next?" I, for one, am tired of the cumulative learning lessons without any recess!

Living and Learning,
~Cedeham~
p.s.
Sometimes it really is best to listen to that "little voice" (intuition, sixth sense, call-it-what-you-will), even when you can't explain to yourself the reasons "WHY?" But how do you explain to someone else the "reason" for certain decisions when you don't have the words, when the 'something' is so abstract that it would seem ridiculous if put into words?

Just listen.