Still in the woods

We finally got Annie home from the ER and in bed by 11 p.m.  However the morning started with a pain level 1 headache and blood pressure of 129/83 (she usually runs really low say 95/50).  She was scheduled for a blood draw this morning and things seemed to settle down, that is until I came home for my shift at 10:00 a.m. (I'm really not liking this correlation).  By 11 the headache pain level kept rising and her blood pressure went up to 153/88.  When I called the hospital her medical team said, "come in as fast as you can without running red lights."  Uh ok, and of course there was a traffic break on the freeway.  Well five hours, one platelet transfusion, one CT scan, one EKG, multiple blood pressure and temperature takings, one meal, two snacks, multiple doctor conversations and two Harry Potter disks later she came home.  All tests were normal, Annie was tired, Tom and I were fried.  It did, however result in adding one more pill to her day bringing the grand total up to 19 she swallows daily.  Gulp.  So the plan to avoid more blood pressure crises is to reduce prednisone doses from 3x to 2x per day and add one blood pressure lowering pill at night.  May the force be with us!