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Mom sounds good. She's tired of being in the hospital, and her blood
pressure dropped so low last night that they're now forbidding her from
getting out of bed, but she's joking and feeling fine. No pain or
anything. They gave her saline to get her blood-pressure back up, and
she's amused because they have her on a salt-free cardiac diet. And she's
complaining that she's bored. And she's complaining that they won't give
her coffee. And she's planning on how to smuggle some in. :-)
They're still talking about a pacemaker, and mom isn't worried or scared
about either that or dying. Apparently, her internal pacemaker isn't
sending the right electrical impulses. I did some research on that, and
it's not unheard of in people her age.
Today's Munchkin The Elder's birthday, and mom is bummed because she's
missing it, but the Munchkin won't mind waiting a day or two for the real
celebration.
pressure dropped so low last night that they're now forbidding her from
getting out of bed, but she's joking and feeling fine. No pain or
anything. They gave her saline to get her blood-pressure back up, and
she's amused because they have her on a salt-free cardiac diet. And she's
complaining that she's bored. And she's complaining that they won't give
her coffee. And she's planning on how to smuggle some in. :-)
They're still talking about a pacemaker, and mom isn't worried or scared
about either that or dying. Apparently, her internal pacemaker isn't
sending the right electrical impulses. I did some research on that, and
it's not unheard of in people her age.
Today's Munchkin The Elder's birthday, and mom is bummed because she's
missing it, but the Munchkin won't mind waiting a day or two for the real
celebration.
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Would you be horribly insulted if I didn't make it tonight?
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Take care of you, and I'll take this opportunity to crash early, and we'll hook up sooner or later. We've been talking about going up your way, and next time we do, I'll holler at you.
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*hugs* to you, and please pass my best wishes on to your mom.
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Is there any way Munchkin the Elder can go visit her, at least?
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Thanks!
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(BTW: Saline is always used for rehydration to avoid reducing electrolytes; I always guessed that, since the water's going directly into the bloodstream, it has a more immediate disruptive effect on electrolyte levels, so they have to use saline. But yeah, I reckon it still seems funny.)
I hope she's better soon, with a prognosis for better health going forward.
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