Sick Daddy
Well, apparently, our family loves the hospital because, as of last night, 3 out of 4 of us have been there. Neil came home yesterday complaining that his stomach was upset. After the kids went to bed he starting getting really REALLY sick. He told me to go to bed upstairs so that I could sleep and go to work today. However, at 1:30 in the morning he came to tell me that he was going to the emergency room because he was in tremendous pain. It turns out that he got a bacterial infection in his intestines and that caused a kidney stone to start moving. The poor guy was extremely dehydrated and his urine was 50% blood. I have been killing myself all day because 1l) I didn't think it was that serious and 2.) I couldn't go to the hospital with him. The kids were asleep and it would have taken too long to have someone come over and he really needed to get some help. I decided to stay home today to take care of him. They prescribed an antibiotic and two pain killers. He has mainly been sleeping today. That is good news, but the bad news is that you can't drink anything if you are asleep. I finally made him sit up and drink some water. Also, his temperature didn't drop until tonight. Right now he is sleeping and the last time he woke up he said he was feeling better. He also was able to eat something. Hopefully, he will feel better in the morning and I will feel comfortable going to work. I'll let everyone know.