Maybe a hormonally induced migraine, Amy? Her hormones have to be in deep flux, so soon after giving birth.
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Topic!Cindy - Jun 13, 2006 2:27:44 pm PDT #9485 of 10002
What is even happening?
Amy - Jun 13, 2006 2:32:24 pm PDT #9486 of 10002
Because books.
Maybe a hormonally induced migraine, Amy?
Do migraines cause blood pressure that high, though? That's what concerns me, and it's freaking me out that the MDs actually admitted her.
I'm sorry -- I was unclear before -- her doctor had her sent to the hospital in an ambulance, and they've already done a CAT scan and are preparing to do a spinal tap. Apparently the MDs keep talking about the epidural, but I'm thinking blood clot or something. I'm sorry -- the baby's so little, and my brother's all alone down there with her, and their two older kids. My SiL's mom just left a day or so ago.
sj - Jun 13, 2006 2:42:09 pm PDT #9487 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
JZ!!! You're the best. I haven't had a chance to try on the blouses yet, because I was cooking dinner when Dave got the mail, but I love the Tea knowledge cards (I thought I had everything tea related, but I don't have those), and your card was so sweet. Thank you!
Cashmere - Jun 13, 2006 2:51:25 pm PDT #9488 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
AmyLiz, I was told that sometimes the epidural can cause headaches in the week following. I hope she's ok.
Edited because, yeah, it's serious enough to send her to the hospital. Gah.
-t - Jun 13, 2006 2:53:29 pm PDT #9489 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
{{AMyLiz}} I don't know what it could be, but I hope it's fixable and quick. Much ~ma.
Steph L. - Jun 13, 2006 2:55:13 pm PDT #9490 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
it's freaking me out that the MDs actually admitted her.
I'm guessing they admitted her because the headache came on so suddenly, out of the blue -- because a headache is such a nonspecific symptom of a gazillion conditions, the MDs need to err on the side of caution.
And hormones could cause a migraine, and a migraine could definitely make her blood pressure spike. The pain of the migraine is a stressor on the body, and that makes blood pressure rise. (And 190/100 is high, yes, but it's not out-of-the-ordinary high, if that makes sense.)
sj - Jun 13, 2006 2:58:26 pm PDT #9491 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
{{{AmyLiz}}} Tons of ~ma to your sister-in-law and hoping it was just a bad headache that doesn't mean anything. Sorry, that I am a bad person who skipped to post without reading what was going on first.
Amy - Jun 13, 2006 2:59:04 pm PDT #9492 of 10002
Because books.
And 190/100 is high, yes, but it's not out-of-the-ordinary high, if that makes sense.
Okay. Good. I know that mine is always 110/70 and considered normal, but I don't know much about it other than that.
Also didn't realize a migraine/pain could elevate your blood pressure. Makes sense.
I just...hate stuff like this. Because I can't do anything, and I can't be there, and sudden hospitalizations send me right back to childhood and scary memories of my mom being ill. (She's chronically ill with lupus.)
Steph L. - Jun 13, 2006 3:00:52 pm PDT #9493 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
And now that Cashmere mentioned it, I remembered reading about post-epidural headache.
I did a quick google of "epidural" + "headache" + "delayed" and, just skimming the results, it's not uncommon for a headache to occur this long after an epidural puncture. It's also eminently treatable.
So, fingers crossed.
Steph L. - Jun 13, 2006 3:02:57 pm PDT #9494 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
And 190/100 is high, yes, but it's not out-of-the-ordinary high, if that makes sense.
Okay. Good. I know that mine is always 110/70 and considered normal, but I don't know much about it other than that.
Well, it's not desirable to have 190/100 for weeks on end, but it's also not going to make her brain explode. If that helps.