Scary Stuff...

Wow, this really HAS been a week!!! Not only did Super Sib #2 share the horrible news of Jennifer's, but we had a tremendous scare while up at Sugarloaf for "Ladies Wellness" time...we tagged it that cause the actual Wellness Conference is always going on at the time we go up, and they all show up at Longfellows, the local restaurant we go to one night each year, and they can't drink or smoke or anything while they are there, so we DO!!! Well...we drink anyhow, not smoke!
Anyhow, I digress...when we got home, we were sitting around talking and such and one of the women, Judy, who just retired this spring as the Technology Educator in Milford where I used to teach, throws her hands up into the air and starts shaking and making all this noise...well, she is funny and we all thought she was contributing to the conversation that was going on, until she didn't stop. It was then that we realized something was terribly wrong. I jumped up and yelled to Rosemarie, a nurse in our group who is married to the Principal who hired me, and she and I got Judy onto the floor while she was having this horrible seizure of unknown origins. She is not epileptic. She starts getting cyanotic, and all the other women are standing there just watching and not knowing what to do, so I told someone to call 911 and Rosemarie opened her jaw which was paralyzed shut from the seizure, with her tongue blocking her breathing....we stayed on floor with her watching her struggle for breaths, and she was totally flacid everywhere. We kept looking at eachother thinking stroke, and I kept waiting for the worst, which I was sure would come and we would need to begin CPR...where is that ARC girl when you need her! Well, fortunately, that didn't happen, and Judy started to come out of it, moved her legs, squeezed my hand, and began trying to say something, which made no sense and was difficult to comprehend. But when the ambulance finally arrived, she had recovered tremendously, and could clearly say her name, but she had NO recollection of how she had gotten to the floor, or what had transpired. Everyone was quite shaken, and Rosemarie was sure she would not have survived had Judy been upstairs in bed at the time of this event, or alone at her house...she would not have been able to breathe!
Long story short, they took her to Farmington Hospital...can't believe a huge ski area has no hospital, and after multiple EKG's, blood tests, and an MRI, determined that the seizure was not of epileptic reasons, but we now believe it was brought on by alcohol withdrawal. She has been a very heavy drinker for years, and lately has appeared to be cutting down drastically. I didn't realize you could have grand mal seizures from this, but Rosemarie said it is not uncommon. Judy was also dehydrated, and had a low potassium and magnesium level....She came back the next day and other than being exhausted, was none the worse for wear. She will see a doctor here now...she has not been to the doctor by the way for over 15+ YEARS!!! They gave her some blood pressure meds as well, so hopefully, this won't scare her away from cutting back or quitting drinking totally....we are a bit skeptical as Judy is a different sort, but we will be there for her nonetheless. All in all a very scary trip this year...one we won't soon forget.

Kyle had a great time with Tyler....thank you Gretch for having him. I told Ty that we will have to come get him for a Friday to Monday weekend soon, as he filled me in on his weekly schedule
for the summer. They get along so well now....like brothers! It is really nice to see, and Kyle really does adore him and the time they share. Also thanks to Care for taking them to the skate park...she is the "bomb"!!!

Looking forward to heading to Mass. to see the Kartsteins for the 4th. Think we head out the 2nd, and will be returning the 5th, but I need to check with Sib 2 on that one. Have a relaxing weekend everyone!

Kim