Sunday, 21 August 2005

Set Back
Mood:  hug me
Topic: Chandrian Chronicle
I was unable to perform my Dedication ceremony which I planned to do this past August 4th. On the Thursday prior to this my sister went into the hospital with chest pains. The first thing we learned was that she had experienced a minor heart attack. This was unbelievable at best since my sister is only 30 years old. That night she had been transferred from our local hospital to a major hospital in London. The next day we found out that she had myocarditis (spelling??) which is a virus that attacks the heart. On August the 4th she was still in the hospital. I was exhausted and had not yet finished writing out the ceremony. And even at that my mind was not focused. So needless to say the ceremony just didn't happen! She was in the hospital for a week and two days total and has been struggling ever since to regain her health. Things got worse last week. She has been struggling with headaches, nausea and vomiting. Last Monday it appeared that her headaches were only getting worse so we took her back to emerge. She had a cat scan done but nothing was revieled. She was discharged with pain medication. My sister sat in lobby as I went down the hall to the change machine so that we could feed the parking fee. I was having trouble so my brother-in-law ran down to help me. As we were farting around with the damn machine I caught a look at my sister who was now on her feet staggering. Her head was in her hands. I swear it looked as though she had been shot in the head. We ran. A nurse got her in a wheel chair and she was shacking. She spent the next fifteen minutes vomiting. She was admitted. These weren't headasches or even migranes. Over the course of the week she had more tests including an MRI which also revieled nothing. But the good news is is that her heart continues to get stronger and is expected to regain full its full strength. What they have determined is that this virus most likely started in her spine and migrated to the heart. Well, she is at home again and taking it day by day towards a slow recovery.
My plan now is to perform my ceremony on the next New Moon which I believe is September 4th. A Saturday - Much Better anyway!

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