Thanks, you guys. SO MUCH.
I talked to him about half an hour ago -- his wife got home from work, they went to (IIRC) a walk-in substance abuse clinic, the clinic people evaluated him and immediately sent him to the hospital to be admitted for 3-4 days. He doesn't know yet whether, at the end of those 3-4 days, he'll be in an inpatient rehab program or an outpatient program. I guess they'll figure that out as he detoxes.
I know he has a long haul in front of him, but this immediate withdrawal/detox period is so scary, he just needed to get medical help. That's what I was most scared about. I am SO RELIEVED. I have no words for how relieved I am.
That's a huge relief, Tep, I'm glad he's under care.
Blessings on you all, Steph.
Thank GOODness he is in care. It will be a long, rough haul but getting over the medical crisis makes all the rest doable.
Excellent news. I am so relieved.
Oh, Tep, I'm so glad. Many gold stars to the walk-in clinic for getting him the care he needed right away.
I'm glad to hear that your brother is getting help too.
Thanks for checking in Steph, what a relief to know he's been admitted.
It seems to be medical emergency in the family day. Hubby and I went into the ER last night abotu 11 because he was presenting most of his typical heart attack symptoms. His blood work came back clean, but they have to do 2 tests to make sure. They didn't take the first blood till 1 AM, so we had to wait till 5 AM for the next draw. It took an hour and 3 people to find a proper vein.
So we got out of there at 6 AM--I really dislike leaving ERs into the dawn--get home and crash for a few hours, go into his cardiologist's office at 1 PM, and he's scheduled for an angiogram on Friday. This is practically routine by now, but I don't like hearing my husband whimpering in distress.
And the cottonwoods are in bloom, or in fluff, or whatever you call it, so I'm sneezing everywhere. Yay.
This is practically routine by now, but I don't like hearing my husband whimpering in distress.
Thank goodness it wasn't a heart attack, but yeah -- it's stressful to see your loved one go through that. Hopefully the angiogram will shed more light on what's going on.
