I Just found out that my Grandma got admitted to the Hospital late last night/Early this morning..:-(

I found out that my Grandma (My Mother's mom) got admitted to the hospital when I turned my cell phone on and received a voice mail, I called my mom back and asked what was going on, then called Heather at her internship and let her know, so that I could arrange to go see my grandma (It sucks not having your own transportation)

Apparently, my Grandma has had chronic health problems with her blood pressure, and complains she can't afford Doctor visits or medicine.  I guess it's gotten to the point that according to my mom she told me that the Doctors said my grandma has done damage to her heart.

She complained early this morning about having trouble breathing and to call an ambulance, they think she may have had a slight heartattack, due to her blood pressure chronicly being extremely high.

My mom has tried to give my grandma some of her extra blood pressure pills, and have tried to get her to try to eat more healthy (my grandma is old school and cooks with a lot of grease.) and have told her about healthy clinics that can see you with a sliding scale payment plan and about $4 Prescriptions, but still my grandma has been stubborn insisting that she has been fine all this time that it's just asthma acting up due to the cats she has in the house...though my mom told me that the Doctors told her bluntly that it wasn't because of that that it was because of her blood pressure.

I worry about my Grandma, if she's not taking her health serious enough to take responsibility to find a doctor and to try to get on a $4 blood pressure prescription.

My Mom told me that my Grandma tried to get the Doctors to release her so she could go back home because she was "Bored" at the hospital, of course she was also worried about the cost (of course, out of control health care costs are a rant best saved for another time.) and My Mom and the Doctors convinced her to stay for 23hours for Observation.

I fear that if she won't listen to the Emergency Room, and Physicians in the Hospital, or her own Daughter and other family members that care about her, that her health will just decline worse, I didn't know she was having trouble I thought she was taking her meds, whenever I'd go over to see her she seemed fine, she was always doing some kind of yard or home repair work. I guess she's kept it hidden or only talked about it when it was really bothering her, and my Mom and Aunt have tried to get her to go see  someone at a health clinic or anything to tro to get medicine and sher's been stubborn about it.

I Got Some Bad News Earlier Tonight.......

The Spiral That Is Life. (updated 11/12/08 8:03PM EDT.)

As some of you may know, I lost my other Grandma (My Dad's Mom) about this time last year due to her chronic health problems with Diabetes and being on Dialysis because of her kidneys and the other aches and pains associated with having a chronic illness.

I don't think I can handle going through something like that again only being a year apart........

any prayers, advice, well wishes, or swift kicks in the behind that I can lend to my grandma to get her to take her health more seriously and to get on meds to control her blood pressure would be greatly appreciated.

thank You.