It was a normal Saturday. Max and I were out picking up donations for his Eagle Project. We were headed home when I got a call from Carlie. This is pretty much how that call went:
"Umm soooo dad was stung by something and came inside and collapsed on the couch. His breathing was super scary and he was not responding to my questions. So I called 911 so when you get here, there will be a firetruck and ambulance in our drive."
So we hurried home to find 5 paramedics bringing Chris back to life--his blood pressure bottomed out at 60/32! His shirt/garment top were cut in half (along with his earbuds) and he had just regained consciousness when I walked into the door. He has been stung by bees MANY times before and other than redness and slight swelling, no other problems. I had to answer questions on his drug/alcohol use:) But nothing was explaining what had happened. The worse part was that he was completely unconscious for 5-6 minutes which was very concerning to the paramedics so he was sent to Gilbert Mercy hospital in an ambulance. They were questioning if he had had a seizure or not. Carlie was pre-occupied with calling 911 and finding Benadryl in our medicine cabinet for him to notice. (Poor Tatum was hiding upstairs she was SOOO scared!)
The boys and I headed right over to the hospital. He was connected to all kinds of machines when we got there but he was fine. They ran all kinds of tests--heart/blood/brain--to see WHY he had this terrible reaction. They found....NOTHING! So they wanted to keep him overnight for further testing. So we came home to get a few things for him. We were planning on him spending Father's Day in the hospital but once we got back to the hospital, they decided to send him home. So thankfully he was able to come home--after we hit up 2-24 hour pharmacies to get all his needed medications and epilepsy-pens--and you have never guessed the next day that this man was comatose and in the hospital the day before!
Craziness. Chris now has an Epic-pen as a constant companion and he will NOT be allowed to do yard work alone anymore! I THANK GOD that Carlie was home and that she had the calmness and state of mind to call the right people.
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