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Hi Irene, thank you for asking. I took her to her primary doc today (the one who wouldn't return my calls). He changed her back to her normal meds, which other docs in the hospital and rehab facility had changed. For some reason, at the rehab they put her on a second BP medicine, in addition to her regular one.

Mentally she appears fine, but her legs which weren't good to begin with, don't seem to want to hold her up for more than a couple of steps. We have a physical therapy nurse coming 2 or 3 more times to work with her, but mom and I decided it's time to look around for a wheel chair for her for times when she can't use her motorized scooter, or even in the house when her legs give out. I can't lift her and she literrally had to crawl on all fours to the couch last week (luckily we have an open window type area in one wall in the kitchen and she was holding on to the sill as she was going down slowly) and then between leaning on the coffee table and the couch, and with me grabbing under her arms from behind, finally got her on the couch. I'm hoping she will get at least some of her strength back in her legs - but her brain is "working" again 🙂