Hairpins

Thursday, things went well, the surgery completed faster than they thought. Mother thereafter was in pain. They loaded her up as much as they could, but she wept and cried all day and night. Father stayed with her during the night, but he didn't sleep.

Friday, I picked up father to get him to sleep at home. I returned to the hospital where things went for the worse, culminating in her uncontrolled high blood pressure. After twelve hours of dangerous levels, Dr. Reddy (her cardiologist) relocated her to the ICU, at 12 midnight. They were kind enough to provide father with a room, where he slept for around 4 hours, but not well.

While in ICU she is better, feeling less pain on her knees and legs and a sonogram seemed to confirm no blood clotting. Her back spasms are frequent and are strong. The pain meds making her somewhat to greatly incoherant. On the plus side, she sat up and dangled her legs off the bed this morning.

During the day with IVs everywhere, she had a much better Blood Pressure. I hope that tomorrow she is moved to a regular unit with no high blood pressure. This will mark day three, hopefully the period where things improve.

Bethy, Debbie, Jennifer (Diane's elder daughter) came to visit. Jessica wears a hat of concern for her grandma -- Diane is way busy.

Marcus has discovered a new pain -- likely ulcer (s). They'll become manageable when the stress lowers, whenever that is.