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I should of seen it coming

The last 48 hours have been rough for me.
The antibiotics have not been helping me and I have not been feeling good.

Joel, our rock as always steps up. He takes care of me, he takes me to the ER. He's there for everything.

So when he gets home from work, he takes his shower like normal, but doesn't come out of our room.

I hear our oldest boy call out Daddy, Papa is on the floor and he's not doing good.

I should of seen this.

I go into our bathroom and he's having a panic attack. His are so different from mine. Mine are in the moment they are intense. I do a lot of pacing and I need a lot of talking and coaching to calm me down.

His are nothing like that, his are after the moment has passed. It's like once he knows everything is okay he gets overwhelmed by some feeling and he has a panic attack. He shuts down, collapses to the floor and stops breathing. They scare me so much. Because he stops breathing.

This one was bad. It lasted longer than any other he's had. He wouldn't breathe. I had to get really loud with him to get him to breathe. It took him a while to recover. Thank goodness my buddy was there to help with the kids. Once he seemed to come I gave him a bottle of water and one of my anxiety pills.

I hate this. This happened because he was worried about me. I shouldn't cause him to have a panic attack. Because I was in the ER all day.

I shouldn't cause him this much step.
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Poppies · 61-69, F
You couldn't help needing to go to the ER! It wasn't your fault that the infection wasn't responding to the antibiotics! You have been to the hospital for others in the family. You all do your best to try to get along, and you support each other when necessary.

I'm sending good thoughts your way, for the antibiotics to help you, for that to help Joel.
Cigarguy · M
@Poppies I know but I just hate seeing him like this because of me. This attack was so much worse than any he's ever had. I was really afraid he was going to pass out because he just would not breathe. I shouldn't be the one to cause him to feel this way
Poppies · 61-69, F
@Cigarguy He cares about you, so sometimes he will worry. And you worry bout him. That's just going to happen. I hope you can get some sleep. Breathe deep.
Cigarguy · M
@Poppies he slept good I was up all night.