i have spent all day with mom in the Er at lutheran hospital. she's doing ok now and is home. but she scared me half to death. she called this morning before i was out of bed and told me she had such a tremendous headache last night and she felt herself being confused and couldn't think, at one point she felt like she was going to blackout. she didn't want to call us and bother us. it finally let up to where she could sleep. she said she was feeling better this morning. she called the dr's office and they said if that happens again, go to the nearest ER. i got in the shower and i could hear bruce yelling something at me and he was saying mom was in extreme pain so he told her to call 911 and she did. i was at lutheran before they were. her BP was sky high and they did a CT scan and everything came back ok, the doctor said it was a pinched nerve in her neck and gave her some pain pills and sent her home. i was scared it was another stroke. i hate being an only child. when she had the stroke 6 years ago or whenever, i hated being the one to sign and make decisions. lesson to everyone who reads this: please make sure everything is order in your life, you never know when your significant other is making decisions for you and if everything is written down and your wishes are known, it makes everything so much easier. she's at home and resting comfortably. please keep her in your prayers though, her BP is still running high and she's having memory lapses which concern me.