Brodie's Kidney Specialist Appointment

On Tuesday afternoon Mark & I took Brodie to the Monash Medical Centre in Clayton. His appointment with a Paediatric Kidney Specialist was for 2:40 p.m. We finally got in to see her after 3 o'clock. After an in depth run down of our family history and Brodie's medical history. She gave us a list of various tests that can be done to investigate what's causing Brodie's high blood pressure. For now however we will be using medication to see if it can control the high BP. Brodie has been prescribes Ramipril (Prilace - is the generic brand) which is an ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitor.
After reading the product information that I requested I don't know if I really want him to be on another lot of medication. This one will make it his fourth lot that he will be taking. The poor kid must rattle when he walks with all the tablets he takes.

I was setting up his medication container last night and I was getting confused with all the tablets that I needed to put in it. I'm thinking I might have to change him to a weekly medication box instead of what we are using at the moment.
His medications are: Ritalin (Attenta - generic brand), Tegretol, Catapres and now the new one. I feel awful for him. He needs to take anything up to 9 tablets per day.
I am hoping that we can perhaps wean him off the Catapres once we have seen the paediatrician in the school holidays.

Now with this new medication I have sent a copy of the possible side effects to watch out for to the High School. I am hoping that Brodie remembers to give it to either the Principal or the Assistant Principal as it's very important that they know what to look for. I wrote a letter to them as well stating that I would like his teachers and his aide to have a copy too.

As a precaution I have decided not to start Brodie on this new med until the weekend so that I can keep an eye on him to make sure that there are no adverse reactions. I guess I am a little scared after what happened with Mark a couple of weeks ago. I would hate for Brodie to have any type of reaction at all. I'll be watching him like a hawk. I just hope that this helps him. I hate to think of him being on a medication that doesn't lower his BP.