My sisters, Tara and Dorothy, in Puerto Vallarta last November
I arrived at the hospital this morning with a coffee for me and a blueberry tea for my sister. During the night, the nurse had reconnected the IV, waking her from a deep sleep. When the morning nurse arrived, she was dressed in a hazmat suit and gloved. Apparently I was supposed to be similarly dressed because they didn't have the results back yet from tests to determine why Dorothy has an elevated white blood count! What else can happen?...infection?...contagion?
Her breakfast was a delicious array of lemon jello, cranberry juice and black instant coffee! A new drug was introduced...ramipril...because her blood pressure has been elevated! I wondered why they would give such a powerful drug to someone who hasn't eaten for 1 1/2 weeks! Within a short time she had a huge headache and was feeling light headed....totally predictable! She will refuse any further doses of the medicine and hope that with increased energy(from real food) and increased activity, her blood pressure will lower naturally.
Still no news on the possibility of a contagious infection!
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