Good morning.

Good morning.

Could you please state your name?

Yes, I'm Deborah Davidson.

Okay. Would you mind telling me a little bit about yourself?

Well, I'm Deborah Davidson. I was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, and I ended up in Milwaukee. I got five kids. I don't know, I like watching my baby, watching the grandkids, helping out with my kids and stuff. I like to cook. Pretty much a simple person, laid back home body. I'm not married, but, you know, I don't know.

What side of town of Milwaukee did you move to when you got here?

I moved on 39th in Vienna.

Oh, okay.

39Th in Vienna, over there by my sister.

And how long have you been staying over there?

Ooh, I've been over there. I stayed over there for about five years.

Okay.

Yeah.

Okay. What are some of your interests in kind of hobbies and things like that?

Well, I love to cook. I sell dinners sometime. I love to do things with the children. I love to go to church. And that's pretty much my favorite thing to do, is I love to cook. I used to love to do hair, but my hands is kind of messed up now, so I don't do that no more. But cooking is a very big hobby of mine. I love to cook, whatever it is, outside, inside.

Okay. How do you typically spend your day?

Babysitting? Yeah, I get up, take my little medicine, my blood pressure medicine or whatever. And my daughter has to be to work at seven, so I usually get off like six and go over there. My grandbaby had to be at the bus stop at like, 650, so I prepare. Once I get over there, I prepare for him to go to the bus stop. Then I spend the day with the baby. Yeah.

Okay. Okay. And you talked about your routines and habits?

Yeah.

What do you do kind of after you babysit? So you stop babysitting at about 03:00 what are your plans after that?

After that, I may sit around and talk with her. Then I go home and I sit up and probably watch me some lifetime, you know, give me something to eat and just sit around and watch tv.

Just kind of relax?

Yep, just relax.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. How do you manage your health and wellness as you age?

That's a good one. I try to. I stay, like, maybe three blocks from the store. I walk. I try to drink as much water as I can because I have a high blood pressure. Pressure. I just try to stay as active as I can. Sometimes when I clean, that's why when I clean, I clean the windows with, like, vinegar and water.

I try to make sure. I use my arms, and, you know, when I sweep, I use my arms and try to drink as much water as I can, which I love my pepsis. But overall, I take my blood pressure medicine, and I try to be as active as I can. Like I said, I walk to the store, and it's like three blocks there and three blocks back. I make sure I take my medicine. I try to have as much stress as I can, but that ain't all that good. But overall, yeah, that's what I do. Follow my doctor's order.

I'm under the doctor's care because of my blood pressure, so I have to see him every month.

Okay.

Cause I take three blood pressure pills, and he got me under doctor's care every month, I'm in for a blood pressure check.

How has that changed your life when you were diagnosed with high blood pressure and having to take those three pills?

I hate it. It's like, I hate taking those pills sometimes. I take them every other day, but my blood pressure run kind of high. So I don't know. I have to try to drink as much water as I can. No, not too much alcohol. Well, I don't drink alcohol anyway, but that's it. I just do what the doctor tell me to do.

I try to eat a lot of fruits because that blood pressure really ain't no joke. A lot of foods you can't eat. And if you do eat the food, you could get sick from it. You're going to see the swelling. Yeah. You don't get headaches, and that's pretty much it.

Yeah. And how does that kind of change your day once you start feeling those symptoms?

It just. Sometimes it just makes me lazy. Yeah, I just don't feel like doing nothing. Like yesterday, I pretty much laid around. Cause I knew it was kind of up a little bit. I was having, like, headaches, lightheadedness. And I live alone sometimes or my 30, 70 or come over there with me, but most of the time I lay around, I won't do too much. I'll try to watch what I eat that day because I do love fried food, and that's my biggest problem.