Another Mom update

[aquila0212]

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

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[hanarobi]

Oh, Annie. This all sounds so very difficult.

I'm glad that she is back home and that the new medication seems to be working, but.....

Just know that I'm thinking of you and your mom and wishing for easier times.

[glitterburn]

What a nightmare! Thank God it wasn't a stroke and that your mum is responding to the new meds. I hope things settle down for you both.

[i_o_r_h_a_e_l]

her regular hypertensive medication stopped working

I didn't know that could happen. :(

*hugs you and your mom*

[honeyandvinegar]

Oh broooother. I'm so sorry you gotta deal with all of this. Your poor Momma. :( *hugs and send undies*!

[caecus_parvulus]

I despise hospitals for just the reasons you wrote. You wait forever to see a doctor for maybe five minutes, and then it seems like they forget about you.