Tuesday, January 24, 2006

The Pressure's On

I just returned from the Jay-rod's house. His wife, eight months pregnant, is in the hospital where they are trying to stop her from having their little girl prematurely. I was house sitting, while their boys slept. When I returned, Shannon, seven months pregnant, was distressed and had an elevated blood pressure reading. It's half past twelve and we may be heading to the hospital if it doesn't come down. Yikes!

UPDATE: The Andersons are home and Shannon made it through the night without a trip to the hospital at all. Shannon's pressure has spiked a few times and her doctor has been notified but it seems to come down as easily as it goes up. We're not worried that it's actually preeclampsia yet.

UPDATE 2: Shannon's blood pressure at 11:30am, 116/54. Let's hope it stays that way.

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