Brief update on Jonelle

Jonelle continues chipper. We thought her high blood pressure was subsiding. Lowest reading yesterday was something like 120/78. But then, last night, about 8:45 or so, it was back up to 150/105. Bad numbers. Really bad numbers. Especially the diastolic (lower) number.

According to one website I visited, blood pressure can be evaluated as follows:

Rating	Systolic	Diastolic
Optimal	<120	<80
Normal	<130	<85
High Normal	130-139	85-89
Hypertension Stage 1	140-159	90-99
Hypertension Stage 2	160-179	100-109
Hypertension Stage 3	>179	>109

So, it appears, when Jonelle's meds wear off (as they had when her pressure was read last night), she is at a solid Stage 1 hypertension for systolic and Stage 2 for diastolic.

This is still a matter of prayerful concern.