Delftsman asked me to update his blog, this will be brief however, as I need to shower and get back to the hospital: As the title says, he is in the hospital again; his BP soared to 282/160 something, and over the course of a couple of days he had two long bouts with dizziness (no wonder!), so at 5am yesterday morning we went to the Emergency Room.
They've got him in ICU, stabilized now, read him no less than a half dozen riot acts (as calmly as possible; no one really wants to upset a person with blood pressure that high) about taking his meds, and instructed him that if the pills are giving him trouble (i.e. making him feel he was zoned out most of the time) to get with his Dr.(s) and work with them to resolve it.
After both a CATscan and MRI, a tiny aneurism (sp) was discovered; Delfts has named it, but I can only remember the first name, Herman. 'Herman' makes the Docs all the more anxious to get his BP under control.
If all goes well, he will be moved out of ICU tomorrow (Thurs.) and come home a day or so after that. His color is better, and his BP is DEFINITELY moving downwards, but he still feels as if the room is wavering around him, so no reading, writing or TV yet. Just lots of sleep. His family has been hugely supportive.
Delfts or I will keep you posted as things progress for him, but for now, as one of his Docs said, he has 'dodged a bullet'. Yet again.

Beth* A.

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