*I am so glad your Dad is home and getting better. Tell your daughter she needs to get her sugar straight before she has some very major problems. I hope all your family is better very soon.*
*I had a stroke July of 2009 and nmow take Plavix to prevent strokes. I am about fully recovered now. * *I am a diabetic also and know that your daughter needs to take care of herself now.* *Hugs to you, Sharon and special thoughts for you* *Ann* On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Sharon Norman <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > Hi everyone...just a quick note...first of all...thank you ALL for your > prayers and good thoughts! My dad came home from the hospital last > night...they said he had a seizure and fell...that’s why he didn’t remember > anything...I feel so bad for him...his bottom lip looked like he put one of > those disks in it to stretch it...it was out as far as his nose! Most of the > swelling is gone now. He looks MUCH better! They put him on medication > (Keppra) to prevent seizures. But since he had that major stroke 2 and a > half years ago..we know he’s prone to them. He’s home and happy...back to > his usual self...BUT...yesterday the admitted my daughter through the > ER...She was in ICU...she should be in a regular room by now....it’s her > sugar again...a lot of you might remember that she was in the hospital for > about a month...in 2008 with the same thing. I love her to death...but she > doesn’t take care of herself...she gets me SO mad! When they admitted her > ...her sugar was around 500! She has an insulin pump...but she mis-uses it. > My son has a pump...and does great...but if my daughter wants to eat > something she shouldn’t...and she knows it...she gives herself more > insulin... > My sister who had the massive heart attack in August is VERY sick...we’ve > been trying to get her to go to the hospital since Monday! I think she might > have pneumonia...she has COPD...congestive heart failure and other health > issues with her breathing. I’m very worried about her. Ok...just wanted to > update you all...I have to get busy in here...haven’t been home much because > of the hospital...I need to get some work done...my leg are VERY sore...I > got woke up with MAJOR muscle spasms last night...at one point my heel was > against the calf of my leg..there was nothing I could do...then it just > released...scared the crap out of me...and the pain...there’s no way to > describe it! It’s so darn cold no one wants to do anything! Sox...Mooch and > Peanut have been pretty good...I don’t MAKE them go outside...but they want > to...especially Sox...he thinks he’s a Husky! Some times I have to go get > him and make him come in! > > > -- Ann
