Wednesday, October 8, 2008

I think it is Hereditary

What a day. Jeff had an eye dr appt., after his appt he called me to say his eye dr has made a dr appt for him. He thinks he is diabetic. He calls me from that appt to tell me they have admitted him to the hospital. I got the call from his internal dr first, she says he's in good hands. He had really high blood pressure and he is not diabetic, but they would like to know what is causing the high blood pressure. We hang up and the eye dr calls. He has made another appt for Jeff with an eye specialist on Tuesday at 2 and would like us to be there to hear what the dr has to say. With his BP being so high it made the blood vessels in his eyes seep and he now is near sighted. Gene and I started for Cedar Falls Tuesday morning and got 1/2 hour from home when Jeff called and said we didn't need to come up, his eye appt had been cancelled. Gene and I talked fast and decided to go ahead. It poured on us all the way. When we got to the hospital and ask for his room we found out he was in intensive care, huh?? He was having a test when we got there. He looked fine when we finally saw him (maybe a little grouchy with the whole thing). They had taken out his IV early AM and given him 3 pills and by afternoon his BP was 136/80, not great but alot better than when he was admitted. We waited until the dr made her afternoon rounds, the nurse warned her the indian was restless and she started with he will be released. BUT he needs to fill a med prescription and make a follow up appt. They are requesting a stress test and he sees the eye specialist on Thursday. Meanwhile he's missing 2 days of classes. I had the nurse write down his test and meds and now I lost my cheat sheet. There is still one test that won't be back for a couple of days. It was close to 7 pm before we left the hospital and then to grab a few groceries, supper and the meds. On our way home at 8. The girls were home, Tia checked in a couple of times. She made frosting for the cake that was baked the day before. First time, she did a good job. Grandpa says he tried to call threee different times and they didn't answer so he came down to check on them. They were outside playing catch.

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