dbrcymry
09-26-2007, 12:07 PM
My 88 year old mother flew into Chicago for a visit from Tampa. Her feet, ankles, legs and stomach were extremely swollen (this is a small woman) and she was more exhausted from the trip than I have ever seen. Finally got her to admit that this has been going on since May, but she has a physical scheduled in Oct & was "waiting". After 4 days of arguing & the swelling continuing, I took her in to my Internist. He said she had edema, her blood pressure was 150/90, & the office EKG was not normal. He put her on Lasix & potassium and it has taken several days, but the swelling has gone way down; she feels 100% better. The blood work was normal & she is scheduled for an echo cardiogram at the local hospital on Monday. She lives with my brother and he is mad that "I am interfering". She does not have diabetes, can do stairs, has very little arthritis, does not smoke, and was fine last Oct, so he thinks I am just making this all up to annoy him. What do you think?