Home from the hospital...

Kasey scared me half to death Thursday morning telling me that the left side of his face and his left hand were numb. Of course, the first thing that came to my mind was a stroke. I woke up the boys and we headed to the ER. Kelly later met me at the hospital and took the boys home with her.

They began running tests to see if Kasey was having a mini-stroke. They decided to admit him so they could observe him for 24 hours, run more tests and make sure that they would not send him home before ruling out any risk factors for heart attack or stroke. All of the tests came back fine. The doctors feel like the numbness in his hand and face were not related to each other. Kasey suffers from migraines and they think that the numbness in his face could be related to his migraine. He told them that he got too hot at work one day this past week and that it started feeling numb in his face then. It would come and go. So, they also thought it could have been related to heat exhaustion and dehydration.

The numbness in his face went away later Thursday night. But, his hand was still tingling and numb. They are pretty sure it is from a pinched nerve. We are home now and he is feeling better.

Thanks so much to Grandma and Kelly for taking care of our boys the past two days! Thanks for all of the calls and visits to check on him! We love you!