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Is Low Diastolic Blood Pressure common with Stage 3 or 4 CKD?
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Aah, Julia, it's wonderful to hear about your visit with Scott - and that he now agrees with you and Robin about his Dad's need for more care. Bill sure is a "sneaky Pete" about his condition, isn't he? 😉
But like you, I am worried about the rapid weight loss, and I rather doubt his report of eating more. Twenty pounds in 3 weeks is a pound a day - unless he had a fierce amount of fluid retention when he went to the hospital, it translates to about zero net calories intake per day. Perhaps you can ask about either holding off on release until he begins to regain some weight, or ask for a STAFF food diary - what was offered and what was eaten - without his knowledge so he won't toss it in the toilet & flush (been there and seen it.)
Is it possible to discuss this with whomever is managing his rehab?
Wishing you a good week. Sue
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Today when I talked to him it was a down day and he was mad at me for not insisting they let him go home. He did discover they would give him chocolate milkshakes so that was his lunch.
It is almost like his body is shutting down gradually. He still apparently has low BP when he goes from sitting to standing. And from laying flat to sitting - at least from what he was describing. But in one position it is normal - or fairly normal (diastolic on the verge). That is with medication that is supposed to raise the blood pressure. With out that I think it would be really low.
They have commented that mostly he will only eat the fruit bowls and watermelon. I had them bring him a tuna melt and he said he did eat most of one half. Keeps insisting, even at home, that he has no apatite and simply can't eat.