Unlucky 13

Tomorrow Daniel and I celebrate our 13th wedding anniversary. While we were on our honeymoon in the Grand Cayman, he was stung by a fire ant and had to be rushed to the hospital for an anaphylactic shock. Here is the story of our day yesterday:

Daniel was stung by a fire ant early this morning while cleaning the pool. He came inside, we gave him Benadryl and an Epipen shot. We waited to see if he would have a reaction which in hindsight was not very smart. After 5 minutes he told me he needed to go to the hospital. I said I would call 911 and he said no you can drive me. About a mile into the drive he lost consciousness and started to foam at the mouth. I, like a crazy woman, proceeded to drive 70 mph in a 40. VERY STUPID! I came upon a light that was turning red and I thought I could beat it. Well, I couldn’t and we crashed. When EMSA finally arrived Daniel’s blood pressure was 60/40 (Yes, that is correct…no 1 in front!) and they say he was 2 minutes from going into cardiac arrest. I thought he was probably dying. Daniel tells me that he felt himself slipping away and didn’t think he was going to make it. The girls were there crying. It was a horrific scene. After about 15 minutes they took him to the hospital. I got a ride to the hospital where I was greeted by the chaplain. I now really thought he was dead, but he was starting to come to. Daniel says after he woke up they said, “now, we need to tell you that your wife had a wreck trying to get you to the hospital” and he was just as scared for us. He has no memory of the wreck.

He is home now and doing great. We are both very emotionally shaken up. Ellie Grace is really having a hard time with it, but the other two are doing great. EG won’t be in the same room as Daniel b/c she says this reminds her of the day.

Thanks to those that prayed and we would appreciate continued prayers. I am sure we will be very sore from the wreck. I am pretty certain the car is totaled. The other drive is ok and he was very compassionate and forgiving.

Thanks again for all the prayers, support, emails and calls. We had precious friends who swooped into help me and the girls. We love you all and are reminded how very precious life is. We are thanking God for His hand upon all of the events. Today could have turned out much differently.