Another Mom update

Apr 26, 2011 16:18

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 ( Read more... )

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lovethosehobbit April 27 2011, 20:59:15 UTC
Gosh, what a disaster. I hope she's feeling better now.

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shoesparks April 29 2011, 07:37:35 UTC
I understand, as I have had many of the same kind of experiences with my own mom...I hope all gets better for you both...

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onyxwolf13 April 30 2011, 17:10:37 UTC
I'm glad your mom is ok. How scary for her blood pressure to shoot up like that.
Geez, from 5am to 11am with blood pressure that high and you guys were left in the waiting room? And then for the doctor not to come back and sign the papers. That's reprehensible. And worth an extremely long rant about the state of our health care system. That is if the health care system would listen ...

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