I have been in the hospital since Friday morning - and it is now Monday morning. Prior to this the only time I had been in the hospital was after each of my C-Sections. It has been far more disturbing to be in the hospital with an illness, not knowing what is going on and when I am going to get to go home and be with all of my boys!
Dr. P. did not release me on Sunday because my blood pressure spiked back up to 140/102 during the night and at 4:30 am the nurse had to give me an extra medication to bring my blood pressure down.
Dr. P. thinks I have Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH) which is just really showing its ugly face now. Four days before I had Nic my blod pressure was really getting pretty high (140/100) but it came down while I was being monitored.
But, I am acting a bit weird in how the PIH is showing up which makes Dr. P. think that I may have some underlying disease process going on. I have a lot more investigation to do to try to figure out what is going on.
The end result is that I am going home on Labetalol. It is a beta blocker which is helping to lower my blood pressure. I am taking 100 mg twice a day. Dr. W. came in this morning and told me I could go home and that she thought that I would probably need to be on Labetalol for six weeks or so.
Nic has gotten more Mommy booby time in the last 3 days! He has been eating, and eating and eating! And not sleeping as much as I would like! I think he actually likes it a lot more noisy and he sleeps the best during the day at home when there are all sorts of things going on! You can start the dryer right outside the room he is sleeping in, with the door open, and he sleeps like a baby ;) But here in the hospital where it is very quiet it is really hard to get him to go to sleep. He likes his swing at home and the swing that we borrowed from the NICU here he doesn't seem to like - I was never able to get him to fall asleep in it.
I have really missed Joseph and Jac. I have had visits but it is not the same and I can't wait to get home and get back to figuring out how to take care of two boys. Fortunately Ama (my Mother-in-Law) is here to help!
(P.S. - I accidentally posted this as Joseph - this is of course Taj!)
So terribly sorry to hear about the high blood pressure problem. Hope all goes well when you return home. Thanks so for the update
ReplyDeleteMuch much love Aunt Judy K
Taj, I had the same problem, It seems Grandmother (Peggy)! had hypertension, and I have taken meds for ever. It keeps it normal and no problem.
ReplyDeleteWhen I had Mark, I had Toxemia sp.
It was all a long time ago, and I am trying to dredge it all up.
I checked with Harry this morning!
Keep up the good work, appreciate the quiet time...
If you're home by now, you will already know this.
ENJOY, love, AUNT PATRICIA
Glad you are home to corral the BOYS!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear you get to go home today. What a scare. Someone recently said to me, the fastest way to get into the ER is to say: "this is the worst headache in my life." And here you are blogging the exact same thing. Scary stuff. Anyway, let the boys take care of you at home. :P
ReplyDelete-charmy