LEAVE IT IN THE LORD'S HANDS

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HUSBAND GENTLY WOKE ME THIS MORNING AND ASKED FOR HELP.  He was having serious heart arrhythmias.  I took him to a small Hospital where they did a EKG, chest x-ray, labs.  Checked out good and went home wearing a monitor that he'll return in 48 hours.  Looks like a trip to a Cardiologist in the near future to be on the safe side.

It appears for the time being that he overdosed on caffeine.  He drinks way too much Iced Tea and did.  6 large glasses of iced tea plus triple chocolate brownies did a number on him.  It doesn't do me any good to tell him anything.  Stubborn.

It was probably a month ago that I said he was drinking too much tea.  What does he do, but increases it.  A stubborn streak holding hands with rebellion will harm him.  Well it did.  He thinks I'm scolding him when I say anything when I'm concerned about him.  If a doctor says something like you need to skip the tea, he listens.

Dealing with him takes more talent than I have.

This episode scared him and he was telling me that he was going to give up Iced Tea as he sat in his chair concerned about the arrhythmias.  It can be frightening to have an episode like what he had.  

Without sounding like a nag, I'm not sure how to express concerns about his health except to say something.  Over the years, he has not always respected my opinion and it has caused rough waters in our home.  Harmony is gone.  Leave him alone.  He'll have to learn the hard way, as some say.  If there's not going to be an understanding then what?  Bitterness can creep in.  If I say nothing then I don't seem to care enough.  If I say anything, I'm scolding him.  It's not a win-win situation.

Leave it in the Lord's hands,

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