Derailed

Yes, I have to admit my weight loss efforts were slightly derailed yesterday! It started with a midnight phone call the night before. Does anyone else have premonitions? Well, it has happened to me several times and this night was one of them. It was lucky that I couldn't sleep because our home phones have been out this week after a storm and there is no way I would have heard my cell had I been asleep! My dad fell once again but unfortunately this time Public Safety was calling to let me know that Dad was hurt and I needed to meet them at the hospital as they were taking him there via ambulance. He has a rare disease that has put him in a wheelchair and it has been a battle the last several years to convince him to move into assisted living. Well, they did some x-rays and let us know that it wasn't showing any broken ribs. My dad was in a lot of pain though and we both thought they would admit him. They said he didn't meet the criteria for being admitted and could go home any time. At this point I was almost in tears. I had no idea how I was going to get him home by myself as he was in so much pain and couldn't move at all. I pleaded with the nurses and asked what other options I had. They said they would have a social worker get in touch with me. So we went ahead and filled out the discharge papers and headed home at 4 a.m. It took 2 men to lift my dad from his chair to my car. I would have called home and had Rick meet me in town (as we live out of town) but like I mentioned earlier our phones are currently not working! So I had to drive home and wake up my daughter and husband and then we had to drive back to my Dad's house. All in all it was after 5 a.m. by the time I made it home and got settled into bed for the night! Well, it was a short night's sleep! The next morning I was up at my regular time! Dad called to tell me the hospital missed something on the x-ray and he had to come back in for another one! Seriously! WTH?

So we took another trip to the ER! They said they missed a faint line on the x-ray which was a pneumothorax or partially deflated lung. They wanted to do another x-ray to make sure it wasn't getting worse. The x-ray came back the same and the Doctor said they typically resolve on their own but he wanted to call several specialists to get a second opinion and determine if another x-ray was necessary. Rick started getting nervous because he had an appointment himself with the heart specialist at 4. The Doctor finally returned to let us know that we should come back in on Saturday for one last x-ray! So we thought we were ready to go but no we were told they would have to type it all up and we would have to go through the whole discharge process again! When they came to take vitals Dad's heart rate was so low the nurse was concerned and said she would have to consult the Dr. again! She decided to take his pulse manually first and got a higher rate so decided we were safe to go after all! What an ordeal! So we got out of the ER around 3:30, had to run Dad home and run Rick to his appointment! At this point I am VERY cranky! We were running on about 3 hours of sleep and because of all the time in the ER I hadn't even had lunch yet! So after Rick's appointment we hit our favorite Mexican restaurant! I hate to admit it but I pigged out! Rick and I ate 2 baskets of chips and salsa while waiting for our food! I ordered the grilled chicken but it was topped with cheese sauce and I ate it with 3 tortillas, rice, and beans! I don't even want to think of the calories I consumed in that one meal but to justify it just a little it was my lunch and dinner! So today I'm back on track! I am going to head out now for a much needed walk to de-stress!