08/25/2025
I am sorry for not having been in the past couple of days. Here is the events of the past few days:
Life sometimes can throw you a curveball you aren’t expecting. That was us on Friday morning.
Joel went downstairs to exchange some cash with Tate and when he came upstairs I noticed something was off. I watched him for maybe 2-4 minutes before Ava yelled at me that something was wrong. I grabbed him to make him talk to me and he couldn’t.
We squaded him to Joint Township where I feel
like they moved heaven and earth to get him evaluated as quickly as possible. From the call at 7:20 to the “last” chat with the ER doc at 9:30/10 he had already had a CT scan, an MRI, multiple blood draws, a visit with the neurologist NP, a visit with the cardiologist, and Joel tried to sell Tate to the ER doc!
His official diagnosis was a TIA but his care team has a plan in place over the next month to try and figure out why he at 41 had a TIA and potentially had already suffered one we didn’t know about.
We appreciate all the help from family and friends, the kind messages and well wishes, and the yummy food that was so graciously offered to us.
Joel agrees, 10 out of 10 he wouldn’t recommend the 48 hours we experienced from Friday to Saturday but is glad to be here. He is a man of few words and hates the attention - so he requests no interviews when you see him as he is still processing his new normal.
Thank you to everyone who reached out, who had a hand in keeping our kids feeling safe and normal, and everyone who said a prayer for Joel. We felt all your love and prayers the whole weekend.
