JAS_OH1
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Well we had quite the ordeal past few days. Friday hubby went to take care of his mom and stepdad and I went over to my nephew's (age 30, ex-marine) house to help him make meatballs for his wife's baby shower Saturday for 30+ guests (she's 7 months pregnant). His 2 kids (9 and 11) got dropped off by his ex-wife at 6 and we commenced to mixing and making meatballs (11 pounds of meat and mixture). I noticed when I arrived that he seemed off and asked him what was wrong. He said he was just tired and had a long day, so I didn't pry or press him.
My oldest daughter (34) and her 2 little ones (ages 1 and 4) had traveled 2-hours Friday early evening to help with the party and were staying at my youngest daughter's house a few miles from my nephew's house. They decided to come visit for a bit to my nephew's house. When my oldest daughter got there with her kids, we took a break and ordered some Door Dash takeout food. We were waiting for the food to come when my nephew had an episode and collapsed in the kitchen from what we found out today was possibly a seizure (they aren't sure yet). My nephew had suffered a head injury during one of his tours in the middle east during his military career and has PTSD, and also has been on some new medication over the past few weeks. I then found out this had happened 4 times over the past week and this past Tuesday he had visited the ER, where they did blood work and took his vitals but no extensive testing. They found nothing wrong and dismissively let him go. He didn't tell us and made his wife swear not to say anything.
So Friday night after the episode, my daughter took nephew's kids over to my other daughter's house for the night because the kids were terribly upset. And nephew refused to go to the emergency room, so I stayed until 11 rolling and baking meatballs, insisting that he do nothing, which he was quite grumpy about. Got it all done and in the frig, packed and ready to go for the party.
Well after I left Friday night, he apparently had another episode, and another Saturday morning, so his wife took him back to the ER. That was around 11 a.m. She called me when they were on their way and was freaking out. My husband had to go to his mom and stepdad's to care for them this morning and I was getting things ready for the baby shower (4:30 p.m.). I could hear my irate nephew going on and on in the background about how he didn't want to go to the ER, he was fine, he didn't want to screw up the party, etc. His wife was in tears and I told her to just get him there and I would be down as soon as I could. I suggested that we cancel the party--that we would take care of it, and she sounded so relieved.
I got my oldest daughter on it and she sent out the cancellation notice to all of the guests. I let my nephew's wife know it was cancelled, and she said my nephew was terribly upset and he wanted to be out of there by 2 so he could get things together and get down to the Italian-American club my husband and I had rented to set things up. His wife kept telling him it was cancelled but it just wasn't registering. This was horrible stress and I was so concerned about my nephew's wife possibly going into premature labor. My nephew was insisting he wasn't going to let them admit him, they wanted to do extensive testing and he wanted no part of it, so I had to enlist the help of a younger cousin he is close with to call him and talk some sense into him. That worked, but nephew was still terribly angry. He finally relinquished and allowed them to admit him into the hospital for testing and observation.
I got to the hospital and had brought nephew's wife some veggies and dip (she has gestational diabetes and has to be careful about what she eats) and she scarfed it down. I then went to their house and let their dogs out and fed them, went to my daughter's house to check on the kids, went back to my house to pick up my husband and dinner food, went back to my daughter's house and we fed her and the kids, and it just seemed like the longest day...nephew's wife finally got my nephew into a room and he is going through extensive testing tomorrow and Monday most likely to see if they can figure out what's going on. The doctor is pretty sure it is something to do with a previous brain trauma. I offerd to stay with my nephew's wife but she just wanted to be alone and sleep. I will be back up to the hospital in the morning and hubby will go over to his mom and stepdad's again.
I am glad I didn't schedule any work for the near future.
My oldest daughter (34) and her 2 little ones (ages 1 and 4) had traveled 2-hours Friday early evening to help with the party and were staying at my youngest daughter's house a few miles from my nephew's house. They decided to come visit for a bit to my nephew's house. When my oldest daughter got there with her kids, we took a break and ordered some Door Dash takeout food. We were waiting for the food to come when my nephew had an episode and collapsed in the kitchen from what we found out today was possibly a seizure (they aren't sure yet). My nephew had suffered a head injury during one of his tours in the middle east during his military career and has PTSD, and also has been on some new medication over the past few weeks. I then found out this had happened 4 times over the past week and this past Tuesday he had visited the ER, where they did blood work and took his vitals but no extensive testing. They found nothing wrong and dismissively let him go. He didn't tell us and made his wife swear not to say anything.
So Friday night after the episode, my daughter took nephew's kids over to my other daughter's house for the night because the kids were terribly upset. And nephew refused to go to the emergency room, so I stayed until 11 rolling and baking meatballs, insisting that he do nothing, which he was quite grumpy about. Got it all done and in the frig, packed and ready to go for the party.
Well after I left Friday night, he apparently had another episode, and another Saturday morning, so his wife took him back to the ER. That was around 11 a.m. She called me when they were on their way and was freaking out. My husband had to go to his mom and stepdad's to care for them this morning and I was getting things ready for the baby shower (4:30 p.m.). I could hear my irate nephew going on and on in the background about how he didn't want to go to the ER, he was fine, he didn't want to screw up the party, etc. His wife was in tears and I told her to just get him there and I would be down as soon as I could. I suggested that we cancel the party--that we would take care of it, and she sounded so relieved.
I got my oldest daughter on it and she sent out the cancellation notice to all of the guests. I let my nephew's wife know it was cancelled, and she said my nephew was terribly upset and he wanted to be out of there by 2 so he could get things together and get down to the Italian-American club my husband and I had rented to set things up. His wife kept telling him it was cancelled but it just wasn't registering. This was horrible stress and I was so concerned about my nephew's wife possibly going into premature labor. My nephew was insisting he wasn't going to let them admit him, they wanted to do extensive testing and he wanted no part of it, so I had to enlist the help of a younger cousin he is close with to call him and talk some sense into him. That worked, but nephew was still terribly angry. He finally relinquished and allowed them to admit him into the hospital for testing and observation.
I got to the hospital and had brought nephew's wife some veggies and dip (she has gestational diabetes and has to be careful about what she eats) and she scarfed it down. I then went to their house and let their dogs out and fed them, went to my daughter's house to check on the kids, went back to my house to pick up my husband and dinner food, went back to my daughter's house and we fed her and the kids, and it just seemed like the longest day...nephew's wife finally got my nephew into a room and he is going through extensive testing tomorrow and Monday most likely to see if they can figure out what's going on. The doctor is pretty sure it is something to do with a previous brain trauma. I offerd to stay with my nephew's wife but she just wanted to be alone and sleep. I will be back up to the hospital in the morning and hubby will go over to his mom and stepdad's again.
I am glad I didn't schedule any work for the near future.