Re: Blood pressure drops

[Guest guest]

Sharon, I have followed the thread of your life with your dad and have

prayed for you and been in your corner for a long time. You went beyond the

call

of duty, in my opin ion. Not too many would have gone through what you

experienced.

Something which you mentioned in your recent post caught my eye and I would

appreciate it if you could elaborate on it for me. All day, despite

Florinef, my husband's b p has been extremely low. You state:

My dad died of blood pressure drop on 9-25-05.

Do you recall what was transpiring and were you taking his b. p. at home on

a routine basis.?Do you recall his general physical state? Was ;your father

on Forinef and did he have high pressure readings also? Just curious.

Arlene

[Guest guest]

Arlene,

i would be glad to pass on what i can to help you. Dad was on high bllod

pressure pills *hctz i think it was for 2 years, he was on exelon for one year

startig jun 04,

after being on exelon and then adding namenda, all of a sudden his bp started

bottoming out, he would have more falls, and less commuinication. he would

wobble whenever he went from sitting to standing, and then to walking. he would

perspire and get either very red or very pale. dad was alywas a reddish skiined

person, i think from his alcoholism. anyway the hospice nurse came for 1 week 3

times a day to check dads bp in different positions and we found that daddy was

getting too low, so the doctor ordred the stopping of his hctz, and start5ed

another med i am sorry rihgt now i can t htink of the name of it. anyway it

was part diuretic and part bp medicine. that helped the drops not be as

significant. but yet it would still drop.

after his surgery in june 2005 on his fractured hip, and then the lung blood

clot and aspiration pneumonia, and also an uti. dad had a very rough summer.

fora bout one month beofre he died, during this same time dad lost about 45 lbs

since his hip surgery. dad was in good spirits as he enjoyed the popele at the

2nd nh he was in. dad usually bounced back when his bp would drop down, it

would drop to 80/55 and they would give his pill and make him drink alot of

fluids which he lovd to drink and was always thirstly, well one night his bp

dropped down and never came back up. i wasnt htere due to the nurse

miscommunication to me the situatoin. ughhhhh, but he went peacefully as i

understnad it now. dad i think basically gave up becuase his mom had died 3

weeks before at 99 years old and he had promised her that she wouldnt bury her

baby boy. so after she went he just didnt fight to live anymore. i hope this

helps, i f you have any questions please feel free to ask, hugs, sharon

--

Daugher of Leonard, diag May 2004, had lbd since 1993, had hip surgery from fall

7/05, aspiration pneumonia 7/05 with pulmonary embolyis, had aspiration

pneumonia and uti 8/05, died of blood pressure drop on 9/25/05,

may he rest in peace with his mom and dad,

a smile a day keeps the meanies away

---- Zweibeers@... wrote:

Sharon, I have followed the thread of your life with your dad and have

prayed for you and been in your corner for a long time. You went beyond the

call

of duty, in my opin ion. Not too many would have gone through what you

experienced.

Something which you mentioned in your recent post caught my eye and I would

appreciate it if you could elaborate on it for me. All day, despite

Florinef, my husband's b p has been extremely low. You state:

My dad died of blood pressure drop on 9-25-05.

Do you recall what was transpiring and were you taking his b. p. at home on

a routine basis.?Do you recall his general physical state? Was ;your father

on Forinef and did he have high pressure readings also? Just curious.

Arlene