The Way It Goes

Brunch today with Aidan and Julia.

Julia broke a toe yesterday. Aidan took her to the hospital, where they wrapped it and gave her a boot.

Dylan got his driver's license today.

Coming up on two weeks since Father's Day, when I had my health incident. It was hot, mid-day, and I was dehydrated and over-dressed, given the weather Just as we got to the cash register to order our food (for takeout).

I started sweating and shaking and felt like I would soon collapse. The kids got me to a chair, where I became unresponsive as they tried to ask me what was wrong. They called 9-1-1.

In the ambulance, I got an IV, EKG, BP tests, and they drew blood.

At the ER, more of the same. I was scared because I did not know what had happened.

After some hours, the medical staff decided that I had essentially fainted. No stroke or heart attack or anything like that.

Since then, I have been drinking much more water than I did in the past.

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