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So, here I am sitting in the cardiology unit at Abbot Northwestern Hospital. There's a medical student here in the room, taking down JoJo's health history. This morning I woke up to a loud thunk on our hardwood floor in the bedroom, only to find JoJo flat on her back - passed out. She was up at her usual 4 am to study - was feeling weak and dizzy after a bite of her Eggo Waffle, so she made it back up the stairs, hoping she would be able to lay back down in bed and it would pass. She didn't make it further than the doorway, where she promptly fainted.

We got dressed and made it to the emergency room by 5am, where the doctor informed her that she most likely has a bleeding ulcer. She was admitted to the hospital and has been in the cardiology unit for several hours now, receiving blood transfusions. While here, her heart raced for 2 minutes at over 215 beats per minute, so now they are looking at the possiblity that she might have a heart problem. This is crazy. EKG's and oxygen and blood transfusions and talk of managing a heart problem - all when yesterday, she ran two miles on the treadmill and seemed healthy as a horse. The fragility of things! The nurse said not to worry, because JoJo is younger and generally healthy.

This afternoon we have an insemination planned for 4:30 pm - and she is most upset that I will have to go and do it alone. I told her that if I do end up getting pregnant, that it would be an interesting story to tell the kid someday.

I can't believe how nice this wing of the hospital is - it reminds me of The Graves Hotel in downtown Minneapolis - all of this blonde wood and modern detail in the architecture - not to mention the beautiful hardwood floors in the room and the highspeed internet access. There's even a little desk set up for me here with a place to plug it in.

The cardiologist just arrived - I'll write more later.