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madbakerNice 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.)
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.)
