I had a feeling today would not be average!

I was woken up by mom screaming at the dogs for dropping turds on her expensive rug in the entry hall at 5am when she normally sleeps until 8am. At 9am she tells me she needs to go to the hospital because she might be having another stroke as the symptoms were almost identical to her first stroke. She was taken directly to ICU and her BP was almost 190/70 !! Apparently she has been feeling bad for almost a full week but she never tells me anything because she does not want me to worry . Keep in mind that the last time she felt like this it was a minor stroke but she called her friend in Baytown to take her to the hospital because she did not want me to worry nor wake me up.

Apparently her current BP medicine no longer works but the ER doctor gave her a dose of a different BP medicine. Even after one hour her BP was still 186/64. So they are gonna run a battery of test and hopefully keep her overnight for observation. Sitting out on the patio and grilling on the 4th of July she jokingly said "My grandmother and great grandmother lived until they were 90yrs old, I bet that's the last thing my kids want to hear because they will be rich". My brother and I told her that that is not funny mom.

FYI mom just turned 72 and still works fulltime and she is seriously OCD, she does not know how to just relax.

Thanks for listening,
Gregg

 

Yes I do and I am not ashamed.

 

Well it seems my two days of serenity will end later today !! The aforementioned battery of test confirmed it was just an issue with her blood pressure medication, thank God, and was not something more serious. I had too laugh at her yesterday and call her Bill, my deceased stepfather, because all he did was complain about all the test "they are just milking my insurance".