I needed a do-over today

Today started out as one of those kind of days. I have been sleeping until 6am or so lately (sometimes later *guilty pleasure*) but today I wanted to get up a little earlier. I set my alarm for 5:30 so that I could get up and study for a little while before Nate got up. So how did that work for me you ask? I rolled over and turned the alarm off...oops.

About 30 minutes later, Jim started talking/moaning. I opened my eyes and listened for a minute. His talking was getting more and more frantic and he started yelling the word NO! I thought he was dreaming. After a little bit of listening, I tried to wake him up. Long story...short....he had one of his episodes where he passes out and his body temperature plummets. It was short-lived today (thankfully). We have no idea why this happens, why it goes away so quickly, and have no prediction of when it will happen. This is the second time this year. Usually I call the ambulance and he gets taken to the hospital. Today I just treated him the same that the doctors do..minus all the tests. We never get any results, and his cardiologist has flat out said that unless it just happens to happen while they are watching....they may never know what causes it...sigh.

Then...Nate got up and was SUPER cranky. Really kid?! This morning you have to do that?! Ah well...got him off to school and Jim was sleeping again. I didn't want to leave the house with him sleeping just in case he needed me...so...I could have blown off the whole exercise thing today. In fact I felt justified in doing so.

But...after some thinking I decided that I would feel better if I got my heart pumping in a good way rather than the adrenaline rush of the morning fiasco. I jumped on the treadmill, and did 60 minutes of pretty intense walking intervals. I felt so much better after. It improved my mood exponentially!

Still kinda have some residual fear with Jim...I want to go watch him sleep :) But...usually after an episode he is good for several months or longer...so I just have to cross my fingers and pray that he is okay.