4-11-09

Gators blood pressure was 83/46!!!! We called the VA but because it is the weekend we were put through to the Nurse hotline and had to talk to someone in Dayton Ohio. It took 45 minutes before we got to talk to a real live person! She told us that she can’t tell us what to do but if his upper (systolic) pressure goes under 90 he needs to go to the emergency room. We’re pretty sure we know what’s going on. While Gator was getting chemo they added Metoprolol to his blood pressure meds. because the chemo raised his blood pressure, now that he’s off chemo it’s dumping his blood pressure. The problem is the bottle says not to stop the Metoprolol suddenly. His blood pressure is so low we don’t want him to take anything but even if we try to give him a half dose I don’t know if we can because the Metoprolol is such a tiny pill! We went to Chirps retirement party tonight, it was nice to sit around and visit with the old truckin’ buddies! Gator was pretty worn out by the end of the evening though…

4-12-09

Well today is Easter. Gator woke up with a bad sore throat. He has a slight cough but he still feels pretty good. We talked to the Grandbabies in Oregon on the phone (All but Tiff (the oldest) and Allie (the youngest), don’t know where they were. Robby (my son) moved back home yesterday so he was here for Easter dinner. Tomorrow we’ll call about the blood pressure.

4-13-09

Can’t seem to get through to anyone at the VA so Gator decided to stop taking the Metoprolol and his BP is staying right around 130/60 which is very good.

4-25-09

Today is Saturday and we were supposed to go to the “Johnny Cash” show in McCleary but Gator is sick again…temp of 101.8 and a cough. He’s been sick since the 23^rd. Monday we’ll go in and ask them to test him for “MRSA” and for the “Swine Flu”. Antibiotics don’t work…..he’s been fighting this too long! ( We found out later that we didn’t miss the Cash show because Dan Whyms (Johnny Cash) is sick too!)