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Ferriday mayor told to rest, diet
Rest, diet and don't worry about the water plant.
Ferriday Mayor Glen McGlothin was treated at Riverland Medical Center Friday after a sudden drop in his blood pressure.
"I had this tooth that had been bothering me so I went to get some medicine from Vaughan's and they always take my blood pressure while I am waiting," McGlothin said. "I had not been feeling too energetic and they took it and it was like 91 over 51. They did it two more times and it was 90 over something."
McGlothin returned to Town Hall to sign some papers when office workers told him he looked pale and was breaking out in a sweat.
"I went straight to see Huey (Dr. Moak) and he took my blood pressure and said I had never had it this low before," McGlothin said. "They put me in the hospital and did some more tests and everything came back all right. They released me when my blood pressure was back to normal."
McGlothin said he has gone back for blood work and is having an electrocardiogram being done this week.
"It's obviously stress," McGlothin said. "I try not to worry about the water plant, but that's easier said then done. And I think it may have had something to do with the medicine I was taking for my tooth."
McGlothin will be in Alexandria Thursday to meet with FHA, Department of Health and Hospitals and USDA officials, as well as architect Bryant Hammett.
"We're hoping to get some money and find out how to finance the Ferriday water plant," McGlothin said. "If we can get started on that water tank and get it retrofitted we can get this boil order off of us. But we have to have the full $2.3 million. And we need financing for our meter billing system so we can play the loan back." |
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