Sunday, February 27th

Friday (25th) Frank texted messaged me (about 6pm) and stated that he had a migraine. The message, although simple, seemed coherent.

Saturday afternoon, a friend called and left him a voice mail, however, he never returned the call.

Sunday, at about 1pm, I called Frank and he did not answer. I asked a friend of his that lives on the same block if he had heard from him and he said no. They went to Frank's house, and Frank answered the door; however, he was not able to speak well and was 'out of it'. They asked him if they should call 911 and they agreed.

When Frank got to the ER they said he blood pressure was about 300/190. The doctors and nurses stated they have never seen a blood pressure this high. They did a CAT scan, and it did not show any hemorrhaging. This was a good sign, however, it also did not show a sign of a stroke. They moved him up to the Critical Care Unit (CCU) and were most concerned about slowly lowering his blood pressure. He could not speak, other than the words 'yes', 'no', and 'ok'. He had a hard time moving his right side of his body. His neurologist said that the next day he would want to do an MRI. The doctors stated that although the CAT scan did not show the stroke - this was not uncommon - that it takes a while for the stroke to actually appear on the CAT scan and that the next day would give us more answers.

I spent the night with him and the nurses were coming in checking and doing tests. When he would look over and see me he would wave at me, but he did not wave at the nurses. Hopefully this means he recognizes me and is a good sign.