Last night Leroy did not go to choir
because he was tired and he had lots of stomach pain. In the night he got up to
go the bathroom. He reported later that while there he felt dizzy and lay on
the floor for a while. He then got up and walked down the hall to the bedroom.
I heard a loud bang, called, “Leroy”, and he did not answer. I hopped out of
bed and called again, asking, “Where are you?”
Leroy muttered, “Here.”
I followed the sound and found him
lying on the floor in the hall face down. He then told me, “My nose is
bleeding.”
I scurried around getting a hankie and
then an entire box of tissues. He sat up and got into a chair while we
discussed should he go to the hospital. In the end we decided to have him
checked.
At the hospital we were fortunate that
they were not busy and took care of him right away. The check in woman asked, “Do
you want a wheelchair?”
“No,” said Leroy.
A little later I thought he looked quite
tired so I pulled a chair over behind him and he sat. When the check in woman
was finished, she announced, “I am getting a wheelchair.” Leroy docilely sat in
it.
They did an abdominal scan for the
severe pain he had been experiencing as well as a scan of his head. There is inflammation
in the abdomen. He also has a broken nose. Then the carotid artery was checked because
the broken bones were quite close to it and they wanted to make sure there was
no bleeding inside. All was good there.
Wouldn’t you know, he has had no
abdominal pain since he has been in the hospital? This happened about 12:30
last night. I stayed until about 4:15 and have returned two times since then
taking books, his phone charging cord, his tablet, and great conversation.
He looks and feels quite fine now and
we were both hoping that he could come home tonight but he will spend the
night.
Paula
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