We showed up at Mayo for his appointment. When they took his vitals at check in his BP was 78/38 and 58 heart rate. They immediately called for help - who ended up calling 911 - who whisked us off to the Mayo Hospital in Phoenix (his appointment was at Scottsdale facility). I got to ride shotgun in the ambulance. Turns out he also had a UTI - blood and protein in his urine. They wanted to get him stabilized. So 4 days in the hospital and then about 3 weeks skilled nursing facility. They put him on Midodrine in order to get his blood pressure up - it might be the cause of his diarrhea. They also stopped his medication to lower his BP.
Last night he fell again - this time into the bathtub and couldn't get out. After 1 1/2 hours he finally allowed me to call 911 - who got him up and out within minutes.
He is currently receiving some home health. His sitting BP this morning was 105/58. That was after taking the Midodrine. If she had taken it again when I would stand up I'm sure that it would have been much lower (it was yesterday when I took it - dropped from 111/68 to 68/38 99 HR. He also lost 20 pounds during the time he was in the hospital and NH. He is terrible at eating - no apatite at all and when he does he only wants sweet things.