scary!

On July 7th my dad was pretty sick. He was very dizzy and nauseous. He really didn't make a full recovery and he had even started to slur his speech. On the 12th he was supposed to go with our wards young women group as one of the priesthood leaders until the 15th. On the night of the 11th my mom kept pushing him to go see a Dr. She and I thought it would be best if he just went straight to the ER as opposed to going to the Instacare and then having to go to the ER anyways and accruing another bill (since we wondered if he had maybe had a stroke). He did NOT want to go! Mostly because he and my mom do not have insurance and I'm sure he was scared too. So he finally gave into my mom and went to the Instacare, after they took his blood pressure they told him he needed to go to the ER. His b/p was 220/120. Shortly after they got to the ER, my dad was admitted to the ICU. They took cat scans and MRI and ran some other tests to make sure everything was OK. Luckily, there was no damage to his heart, brain or kidneys! He was released from the hospital on the 14th and is now on a regiment of b/p pills and a low sodium diet. His speech is still slurred, but it's getting better everyday. The neurologist said that sometimes when your b/p is so high it can scramble your neurons and cause slurred speech. They also said he would feel worse for a couple of weeks with lower blood pressure until his body can adjust to it. I'm not going to lie, it was very unnerving seeing my dad laying in a hospital bed. It was very scary.We are so VERY grateful that he is OK! We are so grateful that everything turned out the way it did! We are so grateful for wonderful family, friends and ward members that were so concerned. We're grateful for their visits and calls and offers to do anything we needed help with.We are so very blessed!