"I'm coming, Elizabeth!" as a way to get out of paying the check

[madbaker]

Nice fish dinner with dad. He comes here every year, so he's scouted out many of the restaurants and has his favorites.

The ending of dinner, though, was a little more... exciting than planned.

We were finishing up. Dad lost his train of thought mid-sentence, lost color in his face, and slumped face-first to the table. When he didn't respond, the restaurant called the paramedics. Shortly thereafter he recovered and was fine... until it happened again.

The paramedics arrived, gave him oxygen, and had him lie down. We persuaded him to go to the hospital for tests ("But I don't want to be a bother!"). It turns out that he had given blood that morning and then didn't drink any water with dinner while having a couple glasses of wine - basically he fainted from low blood pressure. Fortunately not serious, but no biscuit.

It could have been a lot worse. Thanks giving, indeed.

Edited to add: (No, we didn't skip out on the check.)

Comments

[fionnbharro.livejournal.com]

Much to be Thankful for.

I'm very glad the root cause was found to be not that serious.

[kahnegabs.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm relieved that it was not serious. It must have been a terrible scare at the time, however.

[semy-of-pearls.livejournal.com]

First thought: "Oh, what a relief it wasn't something more serious!"

Second thought: *smacks him upside the head* "You idiot!"

[ornerie.livejournal.com]

exactly what I thought :)

this will be fodder for family get togethers for YEARS...."hey, you remember the year dad passed out at dinner at that nice restaurant? TWICE?"

heh :)
glad everything is ok, and hopefully dad remembers this next time he gives blood...

[goldenstag.livejournal.com]

Gad. A bit more excitement than one really needs over the holidays. Glad things worked out well ...

[tshuma]

Yikes! How scary that must have been. I'm glad he turned out to be all right in the end.

[hrj.livejournal.com]

Scareeeeeyyyyy!

I think it was scotica who came up with the phrase "unapproved parental medical emergency" to cover this type of event.

[shutt3rg33k.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah! That's perfect!

I'm glad everything is okay.

Scary dinner

[dame-cordelia.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to know that he's all right.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Whew. The idiot. Next time he'll listen to the nice ladies at the blood donation center.

[moira-ramsay.livejournal.com]

I'm glad that your Dad is ok now. What a way to end a meal.

[ptigris.livejournal.com]

Thankful.