a busy week

Just so I don't forget because sometime I want to write more about these and add pictures, I looked at our calendar for the past week and realized why we might be exhausted.

SUNDAY-Mother's Day: burned beef and vegetables.
MONDAY-EM: neurology appt. SD goes out marking bike routes early morning.
TUESDAY-SA goes out marking bike route early morning. AM volunteering for Band Banquet, has gallstone attack, JP was suppose to attend award ceremony for Chicago trip, misses this; attends Band Banquet, receives Most Outstanding Band Member for all of the middle school. His good friends take the other two top awards.
WEDNESDAY-EM preschool graduation. SD finds out bike routes have to be changed, goes out marking again.
THURSDAY-JP wakes up early AM to go out to Kentucky for middle school honors field trip. SD goes out marking. JP finds out he has baseball game 15 minutes before it starts.
FRIDAY-SD national bike to work day, get up early to lead ride.
SATURDAY-SD gets up at 4 am to help set up Le Tour. Pouring rain. JP and SD ride 50 mile, 1 hour in pouring rain, then sunshine. Breakdown in pouring rain. JP and SD go to the symphony on complimentary tickets from JP clarinet tutor.

gall stones?!

Tuesday afternoon I get a call on my cell phone from AM, clearly highly distressed with chest pain, not really able to talk during intermittent waves of pain. Thankfully, our friend TE was able to drive her into the emergency room. A quick ECG ruled out a heart attack, and by then the pain had subsided. An eventual ultrasound showed a gall stone, although not necessarily in a position that would 100% confirm that this was the source of her pain. (Apparently up to 10% of people have gall stones, most without any symptoms.) Nevertheless, given the history of having a similar attack about 9 months ago, the most likely diagnosis is the gall stone with the recommendation to surgically remove the gall bladder.

So AM is going in thursday to schedule her surgery. She is generally feeling okay now, although very nervous about the surgery.