Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Beth back in the hospital...

Yesterday Beth went to her OB office for a quick blood pressure check. Her BP was 172/127 (super super high), they were worried that she would have a stroke. So they wanted her to go to the ER right away. I was home with Loren and Kaylynn, so she had to wait while I got the kids all together and get over there. In the ER they gave her a bunch of meds to get the BP down. It stayed high around 150's / 90's so they admitted her for observation and to figure out what meds work best. At first they were saying she may not be able to keep Eryn with her. She got VERY upset about that and even told Dr. Blazek that if she didn't get to keep Eryn with her, she'd throw a very big temper tantrum!! Luckily they let her to back to the mother/baby unit and keep Eryn, the catch was that someone had to stay with her to keep an eye one Eryn since she wasn't the patient. Beth's mom came and stayed with her over night then my dad stayed with her the rest of the day while I took the kids to school and their various activities. She is expected to come home today, but will probably be on blood pressure meds for a couple weeks.