A Hard day in the Weber house

We had quite a scare today. Steve started feeling very sick at work and almost passed out. One of his co-workers (thanks Tiff!) was kind enough to rush him to the hospital. Thankfully after several hours in the ER, lots of tests an IV and such, the doctors told him it was a severe case of gastritis, or an inflammation of the stomach lining. They told him this is caused by among other things, caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol-all three are his biggest vices of course. This is something that he has been dealing with for a while and it just has gotten more and more severe over time. He is going to visit his regular doctor tomorrow, but the ER docs put him on a bland diet and told him to quite all his vices. Obviously this will not be a very fun time, but hopefully this is something we can stick to.

I was terribly worried about him and wanted to meet him at the hospital, but unfortunately was not able to because I had a houseful of kiddos. Thanks again to Tiffany for taking him and staying with him while all the tests were run and keeping me abreast with several phone calls to try to alleviate my worries. Something like this really makes you stop and think and appreciate what you have. All I could think of was, what would I do without him? I really have no idea, I don't even want to think about it. But thankfully the diagnosis wasn't worse and is something that can be treated. It will be hard, but these are health changes that should be made anyway so we all can live healthier, happier lives. Thanks for all the prayers, please keep it up, he is going to need all the strength he can get while he makes these very necessary changes to his lifestyle.