ER and the year of the Pig

I do not enjoy ER's, I am grateful for them but I do not like them. They have a feeling of torture and lethargy. Generally I feel like they have forgotten my loved one is suffering with major pain, as they sick us in a far off exam room with harsh lights and there you sit and wait. I took Scott in early this morning with a high fever and major pain. He never complains of pain, has a high pain thresh hold- so last night when he told me where everything was if he died, I panicked. Karson came by to help me get him to the Dr. Aunt Sue thinks Karson lives in our attic as he appears to help at a moments notice at random times of the day and he lives almost an hour away. It has just happened that each time we need help Karson has been in our neighborhood seeing Marlene's parents. I think of Karson more as a genie in a bottle. Poor Marlene who hates having to sit and wait more than anything has been doing lots of sitting and waiting due to the Riffles woes. We are grateful for the help. So here I am closing out the year of the pig feeling very sad for my in pain hubby. Scott ended up having a blocked salivary gland which he has to see a specialist on Thursday for to possible have surgery to remove. He also had an infection from a cold in his chest and head. He is now sucking on lemon heads and has pills. Who would have thought that the Dr would prescribe lemon heads- I guess it increases saliva which might help dislodge the stone or make the pain more intense. Scott was sick on my birthday in Florida, on his birthday, on Christmas and for New Years and on the 4th of July. I'm thinking he doesn't like holidays... no it is because this year of the pig has been a huge stress filled year and he carries huge weights. I think next year the theme will be boundaries. I need to take better care of him and be strict with schedules and forcing him to exercise each day. He hates to do any indoor exercise he wants to be outdoors but we live in a frozen tundra with horrid air quality so indoor it is. I really was looking forward to celebrating with Kinikini's tonight, but I told Scott it would be way worse if he had died so to not feel bad... with the pain he has I think he thought death sounded good. It is true that good health and a short memory is true happiness.