A daytonadan update

Here's my question, if you were me and this happened to you, would you call it a day?

So now that I'm up to it, here's the full story.

Was at the basketball game. Yeah it got a little exciting, but that's not the whole reason I started feeling bad. I've actually felt worse, but finally gave in to Theo and the paramedics just to be checked out.

I did not like being carted across the gym, especially when they had to stop play. I did make eye contact with Coach Theus and apparently people thought it was epic when I told him to win.

Even arriving in the ER, I didn't feel so bad but gosh did it escalate quickly.

All of a sudden, my oxygen level sunk to 40%. They knock me out, and proceeded to intubate me. When they do this, they paralyze you. I semi woke up and couldn't move. Scary as heck.

A day later, I wake up wake up to being restrained with a tube in my mouth. I did what any outstanding gentleman would do waking up to this situation. I promptly flipped off both the guys working on me. Fortunately, they have a sense of humor.

And yes, one of the first questions I asked was did the men's team win.

Quickly after I woke up, they released the restraints and detuned me, and the byproduct of the experience was that as the meds wore off, I was high as a kite for a few hours. Had to make the most of it right?.

I'm home now, but this is uncharted Territory. This is like the fourth time in a year this has happen and this one was the scariest. I am never putting my brilliant co-workers and my family and I guess even myself to this kind of situation again, a lot to do in the next couple of days.

Thank you to everyone in Halifax hospital and everyone was so amazing, but I hope I never see them again. Thanks to everyone at BCU. Thanks to my family and thank you for the well wishes here on Facebook.

If anything came out of this episode, it's a reminder for all of us to make sure our paperwork is in order and in this case, our emergency contact files. You just never know.

 

Wow. #1 priority - take care of yourself and get better soon! And thanks for sharing that. You will make us all think a bit, and that’s a good thing.

I don’t know you and your circumstances (like finances) well enough to give you much advice.

But I guess few people have enjoyed retirement by working themselves to death or disability.

Follow your heart - maybe literally.

 

Ed Reed had a bigger impact than I expected for such a short stay.

Seriously, get well soon. We need you around.

 

Why did I know someone would say that eventually?

 

Take care of yourself, my friend.

I send the love of this household.

 

I hope you have a speedy recovery. This is the fourth incident? Look at what it might take to make it the last. Speaking from similar experience, they're not fun. I'm glad to read you got good care with people who understand nobody is at their best under those circumstances. Take care and keep getting better.

 

I don’t have much to add, but best wishes for a speedy recovery.

 

Take care of yourself, Dan. If you need us, we're here for you.

 

Are you sure those meds have worn off yet?

 

Daytonadan, you sure know how to tell a tale. I wish you many full years to come.
But you ask a question. If I were in your situation, for now I would focus on my health above all else, even if that meant giving up something I loved to do.
I've known people who have chosen the other path, to die with their boots on in one way or another. It's a personal choice that I respect. I imagine that most of the people on this board are old enough to recognize that mortality is a real thing. At some point, it's gonna happen to all of us. But we can live life fully in many different ways.
I think you're wise in taking a reckoning at this point. Look around and consider what's most important to you.

 

"Serious as a heart attack" is supposed to be just a figure of speech, big guy. One, relax and recover. Two, rethink your priorities. Obviously, you need money to live and a job to make money. But your health should be No. 1.

I hope you find a good balance from here on out. And glad the Wildcats didn't have to win one for the Zipper. Although with the double bird, Dandy Don Meredith would have said, "He's just telling them they're No. 1."