High Blood Pressure

Raj called yesterday morning, saying he had a bad headache & BP of 170/130. Sunrise called Dr. Pierce, and as far as I know, he didn't respond; Luckily, Raj rested & took Tylenol & the blood pressure did come down. Glad to have Mom home safely from her fishing trip.

Surprise!

Dave was at the house when Julie and I stopped by today! He said he was getting more of his stuff out of there, and let us know where the keys are. He also said he'd paid the overdue utilities after selling the snow blower and lawn mower. Thank goodness he was OK in front of Julie!

Oh, well

Two steps forward, one step back, . . . Raj's procedure (brachioscopy) didn't show anything besides asymetry of the throat and the extra neck tissue associated with his sleep apnea, and we owed almost $400 for the previous test at the hospital. The Fannie Mae appraiser didn't want to deal with me & said his service is paid for by the bank, so he took several pictures (internal & external) and winced at the mess and state of disrepair that Dave left it in. He confirmed that the house will NOT be worth anywhere near what we owe. But I did call the Citi Short Sale Dept to confirm that we've been assigned an agent there, and the appraisal was her first order of business.

Should be an interesting day tomorrow

Raj has a procedure at the hospital - endoscope or brachioscopy or something to see the tissue inside where the cough syncope originates. Then I meet the Fannie Mae representative at Dave's house for an internal inspection of that property. Lord give me strength!

Back to reality

Had a refreshingly fun weekend with friends, then dinner with other friends last night, which really rejuvenates . . . Perhaps that's how I had the energy to prep Julie's room for the maids coming today. Why does a kid layer pencil and crayon shavings between play food and her clothes? And how do I pick up hundreds of 2-mm beads that have been crushed into the mesh of her hamper or mixed into the carpeting with her hamster's poop? I'm hip to recycling, but what possesses her to pick items out of the trash & recycle bins to make clothes/accessories for her doll, mixing perishable foodstuffs with Play-dough (sp?) and fabric? I distinctly remember the ability to color without dumping every crayon in the house out first. 'Nuff said.

Updates

Raj has had several falls, luckily none with injuries, throughout the past weeks. His doctor added a 3rd cholesterol medication recently, referred to GI specialist at NW Memorial, upper GI & X-ray of esophagus. Major drama with Dave (BIL) most of yesterday - Apparently, he moved out 6/2 and attempted to stop the billing from utilities, and without the account (or any other) info, I couldn't do anything. So yesterday, he called to tell us he'd gone over on the cell phone minutes & that he would provide the account info for the utilities, so as homeowners, we could figure out how to proceed during the short sale/foreclosure.