I got up too late to walk this morning before breakfast, but I did take a nice walk before lunch.
I was scheduled to teach 5 units of Berlitz lessons today, but I ended up teaching only 3.
We had lunch at Rachel Café.
I taught my full morning class, 9:00-10:30. I was also scheduled to teach 3:00-4:30 and 4:30-5:15, but when I went on break at about 3:40, David had gotten up from bed and was sitting behind me in my office. He said he didn't feel good and was worried about his blood sugar. He also couldn't stand up at all. I quickly got the meter and tested, and his blood was a little high but okay. However, after that he stopped responding to me at all and began to drool. I called Berlitz immediately to let then know I had a med emergency with David and wouldn't be able to come back to my class. Then I called the Maccabi 24-hour nurse advisor. After a short time on the phone with her and still no response from David, she called an ambulance.
The paramedics had to literally drag David from my office to the living room, where they worked on him for quite a while, including helping him breathe (which was perhaps at least partly because he had vomited). The only sign of consciousness came when they injected something into some kind of port below his knee, and it was clear that it caused him severe pain.
Finally, of course, they ended up taking him to the ER. After some time there, he was admitted to the intensive care unit. Before I left him, he was clearly aware that I was there I was able to respond by moving his head, but he couldn't speak (maybe at least partly due to all the tubes, of course).
The visiting hours there are ONLY for family (which certainly includes me), and are only 12:00-1:00 and 6:00-7:00 p.m.
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