Thursday, July 31, 2008

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:
RatingSystolicDiastolic
Optimal<120<80
Normal<130<85
High Normal 130-13985-89
Hypertension
Stage 1
140-15990-99
Hypertension
Stage 2
160-179100-109
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.
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