UPDATE _ GOOD NEWS! Need medical information - NOT advice

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2. I'd consider it an emergency but apparently the surgeon couldn't see earlier

Than this afternoon.

I'm glad to hear that your husband recovered so quickly! I'm feeling guilty since I am a horrible nurse for humans. When the horses are sick, I will do anything for them.But when my husband is sick, he's mostly on his own. OTOH he is a GREAT nurse and has taken wonderful care of me through all my surgeries, illnesses and injuries.

I should have taken him to the emergency room last Thursday. He started feeling bad while visiting his Mom the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, drove home Wednesday so he could take me to his family's dinner in Panama City. But we never made it - he felt so bad Thursday he stayed in bed all day. He kept insisting he felt better, but he never got better.

Tuesday I had to drive a friend for a echocardiogram and in talking to her and her husband realized that my husband really needed to go to the doctor. I made an appointment, took him in yesterday and here we are.

I'm kind of freaking, which means I tend to shut down. So this thread is me trying to keep lines open. After the surgery I'm going to have to either keep him in the hospital or get a nurse to come in to take care of him. I can't don't it physically (or mentally).

Thanks, Kali! I'm glad your husband recovered quickly.