A Year of Making Art: Day 57

June 15, 2007  Day 57

It is already four o'clock in the afternoon.  This morning, shortly after I finished my drawing, Adrian came home from the supermarket saying he was feeling dizzy and off-balance.  "I was staggering in the supermarket," he said.

When I called the doctor's office, they said to go right to the ER, which we did.  Adrian had had a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or mini-stroke back in December, and the symptoms he had today were the same as he had then.  But after several hours and tests: chest x-ray, ekg and cat-scan, they said everything looked normal.  This doesn't mean he didn't have another attack, just that there were no signs of it when they did the tests.

Adrian was feeling much better by then, so they sent us home.  He is now taking the neighbor's dog for a walk and swim.

We had a little argument at the hospital when Adrian got out of bed, put on his clothes, and went to look for a bathroom.  "You should ring for the nurse first and see if it's OK to do that," I said.

"Why don't you just go away for a while if it bothers you?" he suggested.

"This is why nurses always call you noncompliant."

What can I do?  Yesterday when I suggested he try staying off the ankle that was bothering him in order to give it a chance to heal, he said, "That's not in my nature."

He made it to eighty, so why should I give him a hard time now?

Here's this morning's drawing:

  Drawing #57  14" x 11"

(Note:  There is a gap between the dates I'm writing and posting because I had to give myself time to get ahead in case we travel and I'm not able to post.)