Tuesday started off as any normal Tuesday does. I did the usual chores around the house and dropped Dylan off at pre-school and headed to Wal-mart to do the weekly shopping with Eli. As I finished with a cart full headed toward the check-out my cell phone rang. When I looked down it was my Dad. When my Dad calls my cell phone in the middle of the day, it isn't going to be good news. He said he was at the ER with Mom. She had been having severe chest pains and shortness of breath and they were going to keep her for observation, EKG, and possibly a stress test. Well, that tells me they think she's having or going to have a heart attack. I rush to the check-out and get out as quickly as I can but then I have to go back to Willard to pick up Dylan from pre-school and throw the groceries in the refrigerator. I do all that and get to the hospital within 45 minutes. I did pretty good. They were just leaving the ER to put her in a regular room. We sat in the hospital all day while they drew blood multiple times and ran a second EKG and then did a stress test. Finally, about 6:45 that night the doctor said he didn't know what was wrong but she had a healthy heart and could go home as long as she would do a follow-up visit with her doctor.

Throughout conversations during that day I learned Mom has been having severe chest pains for almost a month. In the last week the pains have moved from her right side into her left. She has been achey in her left arm. Her jaw and cheek bones were starting to hurt. The pain was spreading into her back shoulder blades and she's been excessively tired for some time now. She didn't tell anyone, including my Dad, about any of these things until yesterday. She has an appointment this coming Monday with her doctor to alert him of her symptoms and try to come to some conclusion. I'm sure this will not be something they figure out quickly, although I wish they would. Pray for her strength. She still works a full-time job, teaches Sunday School, teaches at the women's prison with my Dad, and is very active with all 7 of her grandchildren. She needs prayers to get back to her normal, healthy self.