Update

Amanda is getting better, but it's a slow process. She says she feels as if she's been punched hard in her back and side. She has a very difficult time supporting herself on her own two legs, and chest pain whenever she moves around. She was told that the muscles around her heart got very tight, and if the paramedics hadn't administered the shot they gave her when they did, it would have been a heart attack. As it is, it was not a heart attack. I think of it as a heart attack that they were able to stop, personally, but whatever. She says she can still feel tightness in her chest, but the muscles seem to relax more each hour, and within a number of days they should be back to normal. The near-heart-attack did not affect her aneurysm, which is very good news. The doctors are blaming stress, which actually does make sense, considering everything going on in Amanda's life right now.

Annie is less freaked out today, but still nervous.

So, improvement seems to be upon us, thankfully. She has to stay calm and relaxed, so we're helping out where we can to make that possible. I'll pick Annie up from school Monday and any other days they would like.

Thank you to those of you who have called and emailed me concerned for Amanda. It means a lot. Oh, how far we have come.