There is good news: Hubby wasn't admitted to the hospital today. They still don't know what exactly is wrong with him. Tomorrow he has to go get tested to make sure he didn't have any retinal damage. He should get the results of his blood work tomorrow too. There's not much they can do until his blood pressure evens out, right now it's still really high. He also had some preliminary tests run for Long QT Syndrome, which runs in his family. The preliminary tests indicate that he probably has it. He'll go to an Electrophysiologist later to check it out once his BP is steady. So Hubby has to take the week off of work, relax, and alter his diet. The laundry list of things his doctor told him: no smoking, no drinking, no red meat, and moderate exercise. We'll see how well that goes. He's been really irritable, which I think has to do with the no smoking part. The smoking however, surely has a lot to do with the high BP.
While I'm upset that this is happening, I'm a little glad too. He wasn't going to get checked for QT Syndrome, and the life expectancy for someone who has it and leaves it untreated is around 30 years. Even though this is scary and hard to deal with I'm so happy it is happening now, and giving him the chance to make healthy life choices so we can spend a long lifetime together. It's a lot to deal with, and I'm sure it's even harder for him, but I guess this is just one of the many things we'll go through in our marriage. I'm just so happy that he's here and hopefully going to get better.
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