This was happened last 5 months ago and my mum now is getting better. Alhamdullilah..
It was happened on my husband birthdate 28March2016. My sister called me using my husband phone at 4.30 in the morning. I was so worried when I got the call cause I know it must be an emergency. My sister said my mum couldn't moved half of her body. Argh.. what's wrong with my mum?? I was so panic, nervous, sad and imagining all the bad thing that could have gone wrong. Silly me..Then me and my husband decided to rush back to my hometown. I even cried while having shower, must be worrying too much.
My sister and my cousin took my mum to the nearby government clinic for immediate checkup. My mum had high blood pressure that time. It was 180/85 and this could lead to stroke, they rush my mum to the nearby hospital with the ambulance. Me and husband drove straight to the Hospital Manjung that morning. I reached Hospital around 8 oclock in the morning and once I see my mum condition, I feel a little bit relieved. She could not properly move her left arm and her left leg. She barely can walk properly and she needs assistant in order to move around.
When my mum reached the hospital her blood pressure drop to 160 due to the medicine that the clinic provide to her. It did helped to reduce. However, 160 is still consider in alarming zone. Once the blood pressure hit 200, my mother can have risk of permanent stroke. So my mum will need to go through several testing to check why her blood pressure suddenly goes high. My mum went to for CT-scan to check her brain condition to ensure there is no blood clot and any other abnormalities. Besides that, they were severals other check which I cant recalled just to ensure my mum is in good condition.. Hospital Manjung doesn't have the CTScan equipment, so my mum will need to go to Ipoh to do that. Another option is to do the CTScan in the private hospital and we need to pay extra for that.
Due to distance issue and I don't want my mum to travel far, so we asked them to refer us to Hospital Pantai which is about 3-5km from there. I paid about RM300 for that. Result from the CT-Scan showed no abnormalities with my mum's brain and no blood clot. Alhamdulillah..
I stayed overnight at my mum's place with Eirian and my sister's son Affiq. My husband and Luffy have to go back to Penang for school and work tomorrow. My sister accompany my mother in the hospital.
So the next day, I received a good news. My mum can move her arms and she can even walk by herself without any help. That was tremendously fast. I guess my mum was very determined and she really want to get out from the hospital. I understand how she feel. The doctor allowed my mother to be discharge that day. However she still need to have weekly visit to the nearby clinic to monitor her condition. She needs to take care her meal intake as well which is good at her age. I went back to Penang in the evening to resume my work the following day.
During the weekend, I went back and get my mum the home blood pressure meter so that she can check her blood pressure level at home. My mum is getting better now, but she still need to be monitored. Her blood pressure shoot high mainly due to high cholesterol level. Even though she is skinny, she still has this issue :(. After done some reading, I found out taking olive oil, and food rich with potassium like potato and banana can help to reduce the cholesterol level.