This morning, Grandma (Dad’s mom), had to go in for open-heart surgery to have a double bypass. Her original scheduled time was at 10 a.m., but Dad called me a little before midnight while we were all at Steak ‘N’ Shake after going to the "Haunted Prison" to let us know that it had been moved up to 6 a.m.
Tasha was going to meet Dad (our Dad) there and stay the whole while, but asked me if I’d go with her because she didn’t want to go alone. I told her to try and call me to see if I can get my ass out of bed with a few hours sleep.
Well, I slept a couple hours this morning and got up a lil’ before 5 a.m. I got ready and waited for her call because she wanted to leave about 5:30 a.m. Well, 6 a.m. came and went and no call and I couldn’t get a hold of her … so I knew she must have been sleeping.
I was so tired, but stayed awake as long as I could waiting for her call. I finally fell back to sleep, fully dressed and with my boots on, at 9 a.m. I didn’t wake up until 5 p.m. and must have been totally exhausted because I slept in my clothes and in a chair and didn’t hear the phone or anything.
When I woke up, my throat was almost swollen shut again! This is like the fourth time since February, with that first time being the absolute worst!
What the hell is wrong with me? Why does this keep happening?
I now realize that my throat swelling shut is connected to periods of when I go with very little sleep, like this last week. I guess you can only abuse your body for so long until it shuts down, fights back, or falls apart.
I hate when this happens because it hurts to swallow and it feels like my tonsils are rubbing my throat and sometimes … like they’re actually fluttering when I breathe hard or cough. It feels so freaking weird.
Anyway, after I got up, I called Natasha to see if she went to the hospital or not. She said she did, but didn’t leave until a little after 9 a.m. because Grandma’s surgery was moved back to 10 a.m.
She apparently called about five minutes after I fell asleep to see if I was going to go with her. I told her I got up early because I didn't know it was re-rescheduled, but eventually fell back to sleep after staying up for five hours waiting.
She said that everything went fine and that Grandma wouldn’t be awake, at least not fully aware, until tomorrow.
Then Dad (my Grandpa - Mom's dad) and Zachary came over and I helped Zach with his homework. I helped him with his math, which was about the metric system (like we ever use it here!) and I helped him go over how the Government and State Government works for some kind of proficiency test tomorrow.
It was weird to go back over all that and still know that I actually remember it all. The different branches of government and their duties and about checks and balances.
Anyway, after they left, I watched Family Guy on TBS for an hour and now I’m writing this. I’m feeling really hungry though. Hmm … what do I want to eat?
My throat is feeling a little better so I think maybe I’ll order a pizza. I just feel too crappy to go out.
