Judah Tonight

Judah is resting seemingly comfortable now, after what Mom called a "beautiful day" for him. He gave quite a scare tonight, however, as his blood pressure and heart rate made a sudden and rapid rise. Mom was having a tea downstairs when Judah's nurse, Dana phoned her to let her know. By the time she got upstairs, his bloodpressure had risen to over 250 over something.
Fortunately, our friend Judy Sherman (a nursing professor - I use the term charitably) was here to oversee everything and comfort mom. By the time I arrived, Judah had been given some medications to bring his numbers back in line. Although it was scary, it was temporary and now it's over.
Hopefully Mom will go get some sleep while I guard the Hadj. Interesting tidbit: Our family nickname for Judah is Haduj. The more astute readers will notice that Haduj is Judah spelled backwards. Apparently Judah used to suffer a form of dyslexia (also known as "devil-writing") that caused him to learn to spell his name backwards. Haduj is pronounced HAH-dooj. Hadj for short.
Special thank yous to Joe Saracheck (will be put to particular use tonight), Eric and Eileen Strom, and the nursing staff at COH, particularly Dana and Jay who have been tending to Judah with such great care and attention.
General thank yous to everyone else who have shown so much love and support for my brother and my mom. We're lucky to have you.