Going down the hill...

I swear this past week has been like a roller coaster. I've been on pretty strict bedrest since Friday morning with the only exceptions being to go to the bathroom, shower, and to have meals with the family.

Even with that, I've been watching my blood pressures creep up every day since I've been home monitoring them. Friday, they were in the upper 140s/mid 80s range like the day before. Saturday, they were in the low to mid 150s/mid 80s range. Yesterday, they were in the upper 150s/low 90s range. Last night, after laying on my left side for 3 hours, it was 161/92. This morning when I woke up, it was 167/96. Needless to say, I called my doctor's office first thing in the morning, as I know that they consider 140/80 to be "severe."

Also, I had a very weird episode last night that concerns me because I'm not sure what it was. I woke up around 1:30 AM with my heart racing and having trouble breathing. I felt like I was breathing so heavily and so loud and didn't stop until I finally sat up on the side of my bed. It was only then that I was able to catch my breath finally. I've never had a panic attack before, but I can only assume that is what it was like. Can you have panic attacks while you sleep (I don't remember having a dream at that time.).

Anyway, I have to go back to the doctor's office in about 90 minutes to see what is going on since he was hoping that we would be able to be stable for at least a week (Thursday). Guess not.