Yes, she was glad to see her "little boy." I am 14 inches taller and a hundred pounds heavier, but she stills calls me that.
She's home now, and back to her old tricks, including driving her Toyota with a 5-speed stick shift.
For anyone with an elder parent who is supposed to take blood pressure (or any) medicine daily, be sure to watch them if they catch a cold or the flu. The inability to keep food and fluids down also means that they stop taking their meds. In this case the patient had a blood pressure of 228/130 when admitted.
She complained of being a bit confused and had a severe headache, but "didn't want to bother those nice people at the ambulance corps." I'm a member of the squad, and I called 911 against her instructions. Bad boy!
The Doc in the ER said that's the highest he's ever seen, and she's lucky she didn't have a stroke.
Last edited by Arthur P. Bloom; 01/03/13 11:15 AM.
