our sunday adventure

most of you know that i have had quite a bit of swelling in the last week. we went in to see the doctor on wednesday because the swelling had gotten so bad and the doctor put me on a low sodium diet and instructed me to drink plenty of water and elevate my feet as much as possible. they took my blood pressure and it had gone up but it was not abnormally high. we were told that if the swelling becomes work or my blood pressure is 140/90 or above to come right in. i spent the weekend resting and on sunday we went to get my blood checked at the pharmacy and it was higher than the doctor wanted it to be so we went to a clinic to get it checked by a doctor. my pulse was 126 and my blood pressure was 144/94 and they instructed me to go to the ER. When we got to the ER my blood pressure was 159/96 and they took me over and admitted me to the women's center where i stayed for about five hours and they monitored my blood pressure and ran a bunch of tests. as long as i was resting and laying down my blood pressure was normal and the tests they ran came back normal and finally i was sent back home. we are not really sure what will happen next. we have to discuss our options with our doctor at our appointment on wednesday. it was pretty scary and very uncomfortable and we were glad to get to go home and i was glad to sleep in my own bed.