heu sacer pectoris - Oh Sacred Heart

Well I have been hospitalized @ Sacred Heart since the 22nd of November with a brief 24 hrs of that time at home before I had to return.  Since I have been suffering from some crazy hypoglycemic episodes they felt it best to keep me for observations and tests.  Those tests of course have been feeling a little medieval since for the first 24 hrs I was getting my finger pricked for blood glucose readings and then blood drawn every two, now it's just blood draws every two hours for an indefinite time.  My pastor and his family came for a visit and it was almost comical how fast he and his sons made a beeline for the door when the needles came out, but it was nice to pray with him and his family and all the other disciples from church who are making it up here to visit me.  My boys and I skype  and they make it up as often as possible. My gal pal Angela helped me pay bills 2day and Christie and Chris are making sure the boys don't starve and have some place to go when they get bored.  Tina and Chris had the entire staff in stitches of laughter when they brought me up the hill, last week and the nurses wanted to know if they would be interested in sticking around just to keep everybody's mood light.  So I have taken to call all the blood drawers Vampires and they love it.  I have had the nicest nurses and hospital staff anyone could ask for, the doctors aren't too bad either, I just get a little frustrated when the simulated tests don't go as planned.  Being on no food or drink for almost 72 hrs now probably isn't helping my mood.  They promised tomorrow if I don't hit the magic numbers they are looking for then I can go back to a normal diet, in retrospect I am not sure that's a good thing or not as hospital food is not exactly known for it's palidity (not sure that's a word but it sounded good, lol).  Well I shall sign off for now as I am getting pretty sleepy and nauseated staring at this screen.  I hope and pray this blog finds you all in a good place and that you all had the most wonderful Thanksgiving. Let's chat again soon...