Thursday, March 20, 2008

Update

Courtney's dad is having issues because of his medication and also the vent settings on his CPAP machine. They have lowered his CPAP settings by 2 points and changed some of his medications. They also think the naseau was not caused by the blood pressure but by either his potassium or a light flu bug. Unfortunately, my father in law is always going to think it is blood pressure. That is just part of being chronically ill. Courtney does it too. Everything that is wrong with him is automatically tied to his diabetes, Grave's Disease or Esphogeal Disease. Usually they are, but sometimes they are not and getting that figured out is the hard part.

We called and checked on him again last night and said he was feeling better. I think just knowing his blood pressure wasn't at a fatal level gave him peace. The doctor gave him a specific number and told him NOT to worry unless it reached that point. With his health issues his blood pressure will always be "high", so knowing when to worry will help him not worry? Make sense, I know clear as Oklahoma mud.

Thanks for the prayers, Cindi

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