Another trip to the emergency room

This time it was for Chris. He's had a bad back for a little over a year. It took a long to to figure out he's got a herniated disk. He's tried injections and physical therapy but it looks like surgery may be the only way to fix it and he's not been ready for that yet. So he lives with some pain on most days and more on others. This time it really started hurting on Wednesday. I think it was from doing so much yard work. By the time he came home from work on Thursday he was walking hunched over like an old man. Yesterday he couldn't go to work and spent most of the day laying down. It got worse again yesterday evening. He had a hard time sleeping last night. So, this morning he asked if I would take him to the emergency room. I helped him get dressed, packed up snacks and toys for the boys, and had to look up directions to the hospital. That sounds so goofy but since we've only lived here a month we haven't found the hospital yet. Luckily the waiting room was empty when we got there so Chris got to go right in. We were there about an hour. He got a shot of Demerol so they had to wheel him to the car (he was dizzy). We got three major drug prescriptions. I don't know how his back feels but right now he should be dizzy, drowsy, and have blurred vision (if he weren't asleep). We're supposed to be going to an out of town birthday party this afternoon but I think we may have to skip. Chris said we should go without him but I'm not sure I can leave him in this condition.

Happy Birthday Luke! We'll see you Wednesday!