August 22, 2011

VERY SCARY WEEK FULL OF EMOTION

Good morning!  I realize it has been over a week since I posted last, but it was an extremely stressful and emotional week in our house.  First, my son had oral surgery to have his wisdom teeth taken out. He had a really bad reaction to the anesthesia, and had a seizure, and lost consciousness. Well, naturally I freaked out because I was with him when it happened.  I immediately called the doctor, got Tyler on the couch with the help of my daughter, and got him conscious again.  Then, he started to lose consciousness again and so I put a cool, wet towel on his head and this seemed to really help. I had the doctor on the phone with me for about 30 minutes as we talked with Tyler to ensure he really was okay, or if he needed to go to the emergency room.  Once I got some water into him, kept the cool towel on his head, he was fine, but WOW! very scary moments for mom and sister, who was with me, and thankfully was helping me with him.  I stayed up with him over night , waking him every hour to change his bandages in his mouth (not fun at all!) and then every four hours to give him his medicine to keep the pain down.  Needless to say, I was exhausted by the next morning, only catching a few hours of sleep in between taking care of Tyler.  At about 7:30am the next morning, I head my husband yell my name out in a panic.  After seeing him, I rushed him to the emergency room where he was admitted - for the next three days, it was test after test for him as we realized a very serious thing had happened.  Out of respect for him, I will not discuss this in detail, but it was a very real and frightening experience for all of us, including his parents and siblings who came to the hospital to see him.  I think I aged ten years this past week.  Tony is my best friend, and the love of my life - I cannot imagine life without him.  I am sooo thankful he is home now, with no lasting effects of what happened.  We have had to make some changes here in the Hobson family, but nothing we can't handle.  Thankfully, things seem pretty much back to normal for all of us as the kids started school this morning, and Tony went in for a quick doctor's appt before he too will head back for work on Wednesday.  As you probably realize, I have not been doing any creating this past ten days or so, but I plan on changing that today.  I need to go to my happy place for a little while today - it really does make a difference for me! So, I will have something creative and fun to share tomorrow, but I wanted to let you all know that we are doing much better! For those of you who have been calling, and have helped out this last week, I cannot tell you how much it has meant - my love and hugs go out to all of you!!! I hope you all have a wonderful day, and remember to hug your loved ones and let them know how much you love them!  Be back tomorrow!

10 comments:

Tracy.H said...

So glad to hear that everyone is okay now. Take some time for yourself today and enjoy. :0)

Kim Marie said...

And many many hugs in return! Hope your 'crafting therapy' helps to re- integrate those high emotions BIG TIME! Prayers continue!
~Kim Marie

Sherahl Weadon said...

Glad to hear that things are getting back to normal. Go be creative today and release some of that tension. Stamping is great for that. Hugs to you!

She's a Color Queen said...

Oh Alex, my thoughts are with you all. I hope everyone gets back to being themselves soon. Hugs to you my friend.

Rita W said...

((HUGS)) I hope this week is a much better week for your family.

Anonymous said...

Good Grief !! What a week you and your family had. I am so glad to hear that things turned out okay and everyone is getting back to normal. Also glad you get a chance to "stamp your stress away" always a good thing to do !!
Happy Stampning,
Cindy Henry

mudmaven said...

Oh Alex! So sorry you had to go through all that but so glad that everyone is okay now. Big hugs!!!! ~chris

Denise ~ Paper Ponderings said...

Wow Alex...not a fun time for you...but definitely one where you are counting your blessings. I'm happy for you that things are "normal" now. Whew!!!

pescbrico said...

Alex, this have been some weeks you've got their!! I'm glad everyone seems to be ok now and that the changes you will make in your house will help to prevent that happening again! HUG!!!

Dani said...

Oh no! How scary for you all. Hope all is well now! Hugs!