Bit of a scare

I went to see Dr. Morse for my regular appointment today and had a little scare. I had stayed home from work because I'm STILL coughing and just didn't feel right. I got to the appointment and they weighed me and took my blood pressure as usual. I had lost 2 pounds which was weird, but not hugely weird because it's so hot. My blood pressure was 144/98 which is way high for me. They asked me what I'd bee doing all day and the answer was nothing. I'd been home resting all day-and not the resting where I do 5 loads of laundry including carrying all the baskets of clothes around. I truly rested!
So they sent me over to Labor & Delivery to run some tests and be monitored. I had told Brad to skip the appointment because nothing exciting ever happens, so he was home with Ethan. I called and filled him in and he was at the hospital in a matter of minutes. They admitted me and got me hooked up to the fetal monitor as well as a blood pressure monitor. My blood pressure stayed high until Brad arrived and then it got much lower with every reading. They did some blood work and everything came back normal, so they sent me home. By the time I left, my blood pressure was 122/66. Dr. Morse wants me to come back next Monday just to check on me and then we have our regular visit in two weeks which includes another sonogram to check on her growth.
All is well for now, but it kind of spooked me. I've never been in the hospital all hooked up to machines and what have you. I guess it's good that I got my first experience with that out of the way before labor starts.
I'm going to try to get some sleep now because I'm VERY tired, but I'll keep everyone posted if we have any more excitement.
By the way, we got to listen to baby Carmen's heart the whole time we were in the hospital and that was very cool. She's an extremely active little girl!