HAPPY HALLOWEEN & A TRIP TO THE ER

WELL IT WAS AN EVENTFUL HALLOWEEN TO SAY THE LEAST. WE SPENT THE EVENING AT OUR WARD HALLOWEEN PARTY TRUNK OR TREATING, AND THEN DECIDED TO TRICK OR TREAT THE HOUSES ON OUR STREET. COBY WAS A CLONE TROOPER, KEENAN WAS INDIANA JONES OF COURSE, AND CALI WAS THE MOST ADORABLE LADYBUG (COMPLIMENTS OF NANA). SO FAR SOUNDS NORMAL RIGHT???

WELL HERE'S THE SCOOP FROM BEHIND THE SCENES. CHRISTOPHER HAD COME HOME FROM WORK WITH A MAJOR FEVER ON THURSDAY...WHEN I SAY MAJOR, I MEAN MAJOR! HE HAD CALLED ME EARLIER THAT DAY TO TELL ME HE WAS REALLY ACHY AND NOT FEELING WELL. I ASKED IF HE WAS GOING TO COME HOME, AND HE SAID HE DIDN'T THINK SO, HE WOULD JUST GO TO THE GYM, SIT IN THE SAUNA AND "SWEAT" IT OUT...HE DIDN'T TELL ME HE ALREADY HAD A FEVER. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE SAUNA SPIKED THE FEVER, AND HE CAME HOME. HE WAS SO UNCOMFORTABLE FROM THE FEVER AND A HORRIBLE HEADACHE WE PUMPED HIM FULL OF TYLENOL AND MOTRIN AND PUT HIM TO BED.

ABOUT 2 AM IN THE MORNING I HEARD HIM GET UP AND GO INTO THE BATHROOM-I HEARD HIM GROANING, AND THOUGHT "POOR GUY, HE'S PUKING NOW", THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN I HEARD A LOUD THUD (MAKE THAT A NUMBER OF LOUD THUDS), I RAN TO THE BATHROOM AND TRIED TO OPEN THE DOOR, I COULDN'T GET IT OPEN MORE THAN AN INCH. INSIDE I SAW MY HUSBAND COMPLETELY PASSED OUT THE LENGTH OF OUR TOILET ROOM, I WAS YELLING HIS NAME AND GETTING NO RESPONSE...HIS EYES WERE IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD! FRANTICALLY I WAS ABLE TO GET MY ARM UNDERNEATH HIS LEG TO LIFT IT SO I COULD GET IN THE BATHROOM WHEN FINALLY HE CAME TO. HE LOOKED AT ME LIKE WHAT ARE YOU DOING??? AND THEN HE REALIZED WHERE HE WAS. HE HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF EVEN FEELING LIKE HE WAS GOING TO PASS OUT. I WANTED TO TAKE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL AT THAT POINT, BUT HE INSISTED ON STAYING AND GOING BACK TO BED. HE SUGGESTED THAT WE COULD SEE THE DR IN THE MORNING SO I AGREED. A FEW HOURS LATER I HEARD HIM GET UP AGAIN. THIS TIME I ROLLED OVER TO CHECK IT OUT. I SAW HIM GET ON HIS KNEES IN FRONT OF THE TOILET, SO I THOUGHT FOR SURE HE WAS GOING TO SPEW THIS TIME, I MUST HAVE NODDED OFF BECAUSE THE NEXT THING I KNEW I WAS WAKING UP TO ANOTHER LOUD THUD...HE WAS PASSED OUT AGAIN. THIS TIME I COULDN'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER. WE CALLED THE PARENTALS TO COME WATCH THE KIDS AND AFTER SOME CONVINCING FROM HIS MOTHER, HEADED TO THE ER. AFTER PASSING OUT FOR A 3RD TIME IN THE ER, AND 7 HOURS LATER A DIAGNOSIS--DEHYDRATION (THANKS TO "SWEATING IT OUT" IN THE SAUNA, AND PNEUMONIA. MY POOR HUSBAND. SERIOUSLY,THE MAN CAN NEVER GET JUST A COLD, WHEN HE GETS SOMETHING IT'S ALWAYS SOME CRAZY SORT OF INFECTION. LUCKILY HE'S HOME, ON ANTIBIOTICS, AND ABLE TO GET SOME REST.

I WAS SO SAD FOR HIM TO HAVE GOTTEN SICK ON HALLOWEEN. IT'S HIS FAVORITE HOLIDAY, AND HE IS SO MUCH MORE FESTIVE THAN I! GOOD TO SEE FRIENDS, BUT I FELT LIKE SUCH A TOOL AT OUR WARD HALLOWEEN TRUNK OR TREAT. I WAS TOTALLY OUT OF IT FROM THE EVENTS OF THE EARLY MORNING, AND WAS WORRIED ABOUT CHRISTOPHER. I REALLY JUST WANTED TO STAY HOME, BUT I HAD TO DO SOMETHING. OUR KIDS WOULD HAVE FLIPPED IF THEY COULDN'T GO TRICK OR TREATING. SADLY MY EXHAUSTION SHOWS IN THAT THESE ARE ALL THE PICTURES THAT I GOT. ALL IN ALL FUNKY DAY--NEXT YEAR WILL BE BETTER.