Well, a different post-Christmas than we had anticipated! We had such a cozy Christmas Day, didn't ski since it continued to be zero or below, and went out the next day, much warmer, beautifully groomed trails . . . and 20 minutes out on the trail, Brian called to me and said he had to go back, didn't feel well enough to go on. Well, that was it. If Brian wants to go back after only 20 minutes of skiing, there is definitely something seriously wrong - he'd been feeling "off" for a couple of weeks, heaviness in his legs, no zip, now short of breath, the day before we left for Talkeetna he'd had pain in his chest but didn't want to tell me since it went away. We went straight to the hospital via the doctor's office which I had called on the way - his blood pressure was 180/84, and she sent us on to the hospital, where we were headed anyway.
After a few hours in the hospital, an EKG, chest X-ray and CT scan, Brian was admitted with 2 pulmonary embolisms. He had a little bit of a scare over night and a temporary trip to Intensive Care when they were taking blood at 4 am, poked around painfully, and Brian's heart slowed to 20s, then stopped for 16 seconds. They had him back in his regular room within 4 hours, and he spent 3-4 days altogether.
Back home on Sunday! Now we're taking it more slowly and waiting for those darn things to break up and disappear. It's pretty hard to watch the perfect snow conditions and groomed trails and take a short walk! And, we're grateful that Brian is home and recovering and that we have skiing together in our future!
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