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pixiecrinkle) wrote2004-05-09 11:38 pm
pixiecrinkle) wrote2004-05-09 11:38 pm
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So I thought it was slightly odd that my mom wasn't at home earlier when I tried to call to say Happy Mother's Day, but she and dad do go running around on Sundays since it's their only day off. She did have the answering machine on though, which was a little strange, but at least allowed me to leave a message.
She called me back about 20 minutes ago. They spent part of the day in the emergency room in the Delaware hospital. Seems they took grandma and grandpa to Delaware (city in Ohio, not the state) to go to the antique show there. Grandma isn't supposed to be in the sun, because of one of her meds (I think the beta blocker?) so she wore a hat (Which I need to explain to her isn't going to work. Last time I saw her she explained this to me.) But she ended up getting dehydrated, and after they had lunch, thought she was having a heart attack in the antique mall they were in. She flagged a guy down in the aisle to call 911, then promptly went into such a catatonic state that my mom really thought she was dying right there. She came to when the EMTs came though, enough that she could tell grandpa where in her purse her med list was.
Turns out, her knees felt week, so she took two sprays of nitroglycerin. Not good. Not only are weak knees not a sign of a heart attack, but my grandmother has very low blood pressure and a slower than normal heart rate anyway, so the nitro caused her blood pressure to drop dangerously. This happened once before without the nitro last summer when she was doing yard work. She's ok now, and all her tests came out ok, plus she has her regular appt with her regular doc in Springfield tomorrow.
My mother told grandma they are no longer doing anything on mother's day, because this is the second time in three years grandma has ended up in the hospital. :-) Mom also is trying to get her to carry bottled water with her so this doesn't happen again (my grandmother is pickier about tap water than I am). I may knit her the bottled water holder from Hollywood Knits. It's got a strap like a purse on it, and if I make it kelly green, it will match all her outfits. If nothing else, we can guilt her into using it since her granddaughter knitted it for her. That's a good use of guilt I think. :-)
I'm off to bed now. I'm up to the bust shaping on the tank top and really having a hard time getting myself to work on S&A's throw, especially since I got a shipment of dpns from an ebay auction yesterday, and now have all the needles to make my first foray into sock knitting.
Matching socks and water bottle carrier? Grandma would soooooo dig that.
She called me back about 20 minutes ago. They spent part of the day in the emergency room in the Delaware hospital. Seems they took grandma and grandpa to Delaware (city in Ohio, not the state) to go to the antique show there. Grandma isn't supposed to be in the sun, because of one of her meds (I think the beta blocker?) so she wore a hat (Which I need to explain to her isn't going to work. Last time I saw her she explained this to me.) But she ended up getting dehydrated, and after they had lunch, thought she was having a heart attack in the antique mall they were in. She flagged a guy down in the aisle to call 911, then promptly went into such a catatonic state that my mom really thought she was dying right there. She came to when the EMTs came though, enough that she could tell grandpa where in her purse her med list was.
Turns out, her knees felt week, so she took two sprays of nitroglycerin. Not good. Not only are weak knees not a sign of a heart attack, but my grandmother has very low blood pressure and a slower than normal heart rate anyway, so the nitro caused her blood pressure to drop dangerously. This happened once before without the nitro last summer when she was doing yard work. She's ok now, and all her tests came out ok, plus she has her regular appt with her regular doc in Springfield tomorrow.
My mother told grandma they are no longer doing anything on mother's day, because this is the second time in three years grandma has ended up in the hospital. :-) Mom also is trying to get her to carry bottled water with her so this doesn't happen again (my grandmother is pickier about tap water than I am). I may knit her the bottled water holder from Hollywood Knits. It's got a strap like a purse on it, and if I make it kelly green, it will match all her outfits. If nothing else, we can guilt her into using it since her granddaughter knitted it for her. That's a good use of guilt I think. :-)
I'm off to bed now. I'm up to the bust shaping on the tank top and really having a hard time getting myself to work on S&A's throw, especially since I got a shipment of dpns from an ebay auction yesterday, and now have all the needles to make my first foray into sock knitting.
Matching socks and water bottle carrier? Grandma would soooooo dig that.
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*grin* That is such an excellent plan!