The subconscious

I need to preface this story by saying, don't worry, everything is okay!

We spent the early morning hours in the ER. Ryan's blood sugar went low again, so we had a fun time of him having a seizure, and fighting off 5 EMTs as they got an IV in his arm. We went to the hospital, and they released him after he had something to eat. He's all good now. His sugar was 54, which actually wasn't too low, but for some reason it still brought on a seizure. Anyway, that isn't the story.

While completely unconscious, with the EMTs surrounding him, Ryan was on the floor, looking under the bed for something. We couldn't understand what he was doing, but he kept fighting off the EMTs when they tried to get him up. It wasn't until someone asked me if we had any weapons that we figured it out. Since he had no clue what was going on, he got scared that there were strangers in our house, and he was trying to get his hunting bow and arrow. He was trying to protect me and Ryleigh!

When they realized he was reaching for a weapon they quickly forced him onto the bed. People with low blood sugar can get very violent. I call Ryan the Hulk because he gets this superhuman strength and can fight off several people at a time. So, as 5 EMTs were holding him down so they could give him an IV he kept yelling, "Just let me get Ry". He was still completely unconscious but all he wanted to do was get the baby to make sure she was safe from all the "strangers" in our house.

The subconscious is a pretty cool thing. I think it's amazing that Ryan's basic instincts for survival kicked in even though he was unconscious. And I love that his first thoughts were to protect his family, and especially to want to protect the baby. In a weird way I find it kinda romantic. His love for Ryleigh is so deep in his mind that even when he can't understand anything else he knows he needs to protect her :-)