In Sickness and In Health

I have to admit.. Lee and I did not do the traditional wedding vows when we got married a little over 11 years ago.. or at least not that I remember at this moment...I'll check the videotape later. But anyway we've spent the past 7 days or so really and truly honoring those words and learning the true meaning of them.

Last week Lee started to not feel so great... At first I chalked it up to the usual type of Man Cold sickness that most men have or are prone to get (I think there is a youtube video that helps illustrate what I mean... you'll need to look it up - man cold is the title). But by Saturday I knew that something was really wrong and that he needed to go to the ER.. So we went (the girls were already at grandma's since I just HAD to go out somewhere for a couple hours).. after a couple of hours of being there we are told that he has a Kidney Infection and had possibly passed a Kidney Stone. We got a Rx for some Motrin and headed home... By Wednesday morning (today) I knew that we needed to go back to get him checked out again. After quite a few hours of Lee being in the ER, he called to let me know that they were going to admit him overnight... then we found out that they were able to get him an appt with a PCP for Friday afternoon and would be releasing him instead of keeping him overnight.

Meanwhile (with the help of my mom at times - thank goodness that I have her nearby) I've been taking care of the girls basically on my own. I have to admit that I am not a saint and that I will probably never will be. I'll also admit that I didn't exactly take to being the only parent on deck well either. I never lost my cool with the girls even though there were many times that felt like I was about to lose it. But I do truly get and understand the words "In sickness and In health" now..