Dad had a health scare this past week; he developed an irregular heartbeat and it drastically lowered his blood pressure. When the doctors tried to medically regulate Dad's heart rate, his blood pressure then elevated. Friends of mine were keeping Dad in their prayers, for which I'm grateful. He only had to stay in the hospital overnight, but he's been off the whole week to take it easy. At the same time, he's been battling a chest cold.
It's been a motivation for the family as a whole to start eating better than we have been. For one thing, we're trying to eat together as a family more often. This isn't easy to do, as we all keep different hours. Dad and Joe are early risers, whereas I tend to keep late hours due to work, which means I'm not home at dinnertime five nights a week. It was decided that we would all take turns doing the cooking for dinner, so tonight, I'll be grilling corn and chicken, using a dry rub recipe I found online.
I'm still eating the kale salads for breakfast. However, I've now begun incorporating romaine lettuce into my salads, and I'm also using croutons. I know that doesn't seem like much, but it's important for me to be able to stay with this new diet, and I want it to be as palatable as possible, within reason. Whatever the case, it still beats eating oatmeal.
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Out cousins have come over for the day. Things will be active but quiet today. It's just nice not to have to be anywhere today.
its good to hear that your dad is ok!
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