After about a couple of weeks, I will be going back to evening shift and the same weeks I had before. That won't be so bad. Kirk and I never managed to get together after all that time. I will be back on Spicer's evenings which is a plus. I missed the folks on that week. I won't miss the turmoil of day shift. There have been a lot of developments that have grown the job. Of course there is a good chance evenings will be saddled with nursing home stuff.
On July 31st, I died.... After having several weeks of discomfort in my neck and jawline, I made an appointment to see my PCP to determine what was going on. The consensus seemed to center around a gall bladder problem. But he suggested that we should rule out cardiac. Once I got over to the hospital, I had a wait of 20 minutes or more before I was sent up to my room. Immediately I was taken for a chest x-ray. Once I got back I saw my nurse and the lab tech were there and I lay down to let her get the blood. As I leaned back, I felt a wave of nausea and everything went quiet and dark. I became aware again after a short period of time, I'm unsure how long. and from there it was a lengthy process to be transported to Grandview where I received a heart catherization and ultimately, bypass grafts. It was literally like hitting the off switch on your computer.