Back in the hosipital again.....

We're back in the hospital. Benjamin's head pain has continued and is coming more often and lasting longer. Like clock work, yesterday morning he work up a little before 5 with excruciating head pain. He says it just feels like fire from the back of his neck to behind his eyeballs. From the way he acts I believe him. Poor fellow. He acts like he is in VERY serious pain. Saturday he came to the hospital around 10. Once again it was by ambulance. John Mark had gone home for the weekend so I stayed at the apartment with Mrs.Sherri while Mr.Greg went with Benjamin. They gave him an IV and some stronger stuff that knocked him out and eased his headache. Also prescribed him stronger pain medication. His head started hurting later that day and even the stronger pain medication did not work.
Then again this morning, like clock work, around 5 he awoke again in serious pain. He took some pain medication but it didn't ease up. Benjamin was also having trouble catching his breath. We waited until a little after noon before calling an ambulance. I stayed with with Mrs.Sherri again and Mr.Greg went with him. When they checked his blood pressure it was 220/183. WAY to high. They gave him an IV to bring it down, however, it went down too much. It was like 83/over another low number I forgot. So he's staying overnight so they can monitor him. Which is where I am right now. I'm staying the night with him. He has a sinus infection so they are giving him antibiotics for that and heavy pain medication for his head.
It's weird to be in this hospital as opposed to Shepherd's because the staff isn't that aware of the care taking of quadriplegics. We're used to the staff being even more cautious than us but you can tell these nurse's weren't schooled in quad 101. I still have to turn him and do all of our other quad responsibilities just like as if we we're at home. However, everyone here is super nice and this hospital is HUMONGOUS!
I have also been sick. We have just been balls of fun this weekend. I've medicated myself with over the counter stuff and it's worked. I'm no longer congested but I have nasty cough. Besides the sickness and frequent hospital visits everything is going good. John Mark's girlfriend had a week off work and decided to come visit. I'm thrilled to increase the amount of estrogen in our apartment for a week. It'll be be nice to have a girl around.