Another Mom update
I went up to Brooklyn last week on Wednesday to bring groceries and generally check on things, since the nursing agency was supposed to send an aide to start on Wednesday. In the afternoon, the physical therapist arrived, and the first thing she did was take my mother's blood pressure. It was 241/110, and she had a bad headache. Fearing she could possibly have a stroke, we were sent to the hospital emergency room (her doctor was away for Passover). We sat in emergency all night, from 5PM until 11AM the next morning, until she was transferred to a room. We were told she could go home that evening, but the doctor who was supposed to sign the discharge orders never came back after his morning rounds. That meant leaving her there overnight until Friday. Because we had no coverage over the weekend, I stayed until Monday AM.
The cause of the whole incident looks like it was her regular hypertensive medication stopped working. Now she's on new medications and they appear to be working.
So a trip that was supposed to have lasted two days ended up being five. And how many pairs of underwear do you think I had packed for this? ;)
The cause of the whole incident looks like it was her regular hypertensive medication stopped working. Now she's on new medications and they appear to be working.
So a trip that was supposed to have lasted two days ended up being five. And how many pairs of underwear do you think I had packed for this? ;)