Very scary night.

Perry doesn't remember much about one of the scariest nights of his or my life.
Around 8.30 he decided he would take a shower to settle his leg down. It wasn't actually very painful, but a shower feels very soothing. When he came into the living room I blathered on about a funny show I had been watching and he was resting one hand on the back of a chair and the other on a doorway.....when I took a close look at him I thought he looked drawn and tired...so I asked him if he was O.K......his answer was...no, not really....I feel a bit dizzy. I quickly jumped up and led him to the sofa where I found that he was dreadfully clammy and falling asleep...(unconsious.) Things went downhill from there....very rapidly. I called the paramedics who arrived within six or seven minutes. The two of them took his blood pressure, which had dropped to 80/40....did an ECG....etc. He was in hospital 30 minutes later. Making it short....I picked him up around 1.30 today after him having several tests run ....xray...etc. He has a letter to give to our GP along with the results of the tests that were done. The letter stated that nothing sinister had been revealed....however the truckload of drugs he is taking and the possible side effects need to be looked at. He was told that they almost lost him for awhile. It took hours for his BP to return to normal.... (normal for him) ...and after that seeing that he had been under observation for all that time....it was O.K. for him to go home. Must get out of bed...up off a chair....ssslowly. He had no chest pain...nothing other than a lightheaded feeling and then ....even tho he was sort of awake...he was actually unconscious. He has suffered from a similar episode a long time ago, but it resolved very quickly.
Hopefully it won't happen again. It's been quite an ordeal for him. It's hard to pace yourself to your age when you still feel young. Young at heart....but 73 is 73.