Found out yesterday that my co-worker had a heart attack. Thank goondess he is doing better now- i emailed his wife last night and she said he was resting well last night and they are waiting for the results of his echo test today to find out what kind of damage may have been done.
The OH CRAP part is that we are coming up on our busiest time here. We both would have been working 50+ hour weeks to get it all done and now its just me. I think my boss is going to allocate me some help at a lower level, but i will basically be stepping up and taking on more responsibility. Don't get me wrong, I think its a good thing for my career, and I will learn a lot, I just don't want to screw anything up!
Re: OH CRAP
Yikes on so many levels!
(1) I'm sorry to hear about your coworker, but I'm glad he's doing better now.
(2) That's a lot of responsibility to suddenly have under such stressful circumstances. So I say "Yikes" but I'm going to follow it up with a "You're going to be fine - excellent even!"