Much to be thankful for...

Great Thanksgiving spent with family at Ryan and Stacee's. Good food, and very relaxing time.

That is until we found Ron passed out in the bathroom, unresponsive.

WARNING: Following details may be disturbing to some of you; use your own judgment as to whether to continue.

Evidently Ron had become ill and was in the bathroom yakking. At least the last thing he remembers is yakking, flushing the toilet and then the paramedics moving him onto the stretcher...we don't know what happened but we believe he was out for about 10 minutes before Ryan found him and was completely unresponsive another 10+ minutes after that, with the paramedics arriving shortly.

It was incredibly scary!! The bathroom is one of those little toilet rooms in the master; Ron was crouched over the toilet with his arms draped over the rim and his head hanging in the toilet; thank God it's one of those low water toilets or he would have drowned. He was white as a sheet, eyes rolled back and not responding to anything. Ryan had to crawl in there with him (Ron's body was keeping the doorway from opening more than a crack), sweep his throat, check his pulse and respiration's and hold his head in a more stable position while Aaron and Tony worked to get the door off it's hinges so they could remove it and get Ron fully laid out in order to do a more thorough assessment. Meanwhile, I'm on the phone with the 911 dispatcher (who was very calm, patient, and soothing).

EMS arrived quickly and we headed to Harris downtown. En route I was on the phone with our fabulous Dr. A who advised we were to go to a nearby hospital, let them run some tests and stabilize him, then transfer via ambulance to Presby for continuity of care.

PTL!!! Ron's CT revealed no signs of stroke, no signs of pulmonary embolism (blockage in artery to lung), lung x-ray looks a little sketchy but labs look ok. Once he was stable and initial tests were completed, he was transferred to Presby...arriving at 2:30 AM. Now tucked in for the "night"; with more tests to come.

Please pray, the entire family (as well as friends) have been pretty shaken up by this; especially those who were there and witnessed how bad things looked. And especially pray for definitive test results.

I'll update as I know details.
Christie