April 21, 2009
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Heart Health and Happiness
Last week, we had a doctor’s appointment for Eryn’s heart. They’d heard a murmur and sent us to a pediatric cardiologist. After a few tense hours of biting my fingernails down to the quick, she turned out healthy. Since her body is producing blood more profusely (she no longer has my body producing for her) and her arteries are growing, the blood is flowing faster and thus, becoming louder. So the only culprit here is really loud blood. I have never been so thankful to have a loud daughter.
This week however, is Derek’s doctor’s appointment. His blood pressure is still relatively high for our age. Since we’re no longer military, we have no life insurance policies. Therefore I told him we’re going to take much better care of his heart because I can’t afford to lose him. WHAT? Don’t give me that look. The boy was worth a quarter of a million dollars if he passed in the military! Okay, Okay.. you guys know me better than that, I wouldn’t lose him for ANY dollar amount.
The point is, I love my spouse and it’s time to start taking better care of ourselves. Life is too short as it is and I don’t want to die an old cougar.
So keep your prayers with us for health. We survived the tornados from last week, I’d hate for something else to separate us. By the way, I’m sorry Aunt Syndi. I didn’t mean to scare you. The tornadoes were in Eldorado which is about an hour from here. (Unless you drive like Tio Bobby.) Either way, I was awake for hours staring out the windows that night. Every time the lightening flashed, I scanned the skies for funnel clouds. I’ve obviously been away from Texas too long to be worrying so much about these silly storms. All the seasoned Texans laughed at me and repeated the old mantra, “If a tornado is coming to your house, it doesn’t matter how far in advance you know about it or what room in the house you’re holed up in. Eat a bon bon and kiss your butt goodbye.”
Love to you all.
Comments (7)
He is a young guy and its only a little high. She will be fine so long as he stays thin and fit. So feed him some rabbit food and keep him “physically active”.
I live right underneath an active volcano, you just can’t worry about some things. So I understand the saying about tornadoes. But tornadoes would still scare the hell out of me, we don’t have them out here.
I’m in the San Francisco Bay Area. If you’re looking for an earthquake, this is the place to be. What we normally do after feeling the ground shake is try and guess how strong the earthquake was. Not much else we can do. Especially when the “big one” comes around. DUN! DUN! DUNNNNN!
@trunthepaige -
“I live right underneath an active volcano”, I’m picturing you in some underground bunker that helps protect you from all that hot magma coming from the volcano above. Do you really live “underneath an active volcano” the way I’m picturing it?
@Lithium98 -
Here is my back yard
@trunthepaige -
That’s an impressive backyard! That’s really an amazing sight. Too much pollution in the air around here to get a really great view of the mountain range in the distance. You’re lucky.
@trunthepaige -
You have COWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =) Okay, I knew this, you’ve talked about them before. Iused to have a black and white dairy cow when I was a kid- her name was Greta. *sighs* memories…….
@Lithium98 -
Where do you live where there’s that much pollution?
@life_by_us -
San Francisco Bay Area. I can see the mountains, but not as clear as Paige can.
My chloestrol is high. I’m only 29. I know what it means to start taking better care of yourself. Hubby and I quit smoking and now we are working out . Take care of yourself and each other!