My House Debra

Christmas has come and gone. I had a breather on the Sunday after Christmas and then on Monday we knew we had to finally find out what was going on with Mom. She had already been taking antibiotics for what we thought was a sinus infection. The Doctor ( her primary care Dr. Freestone) had put her on a 2nd round because the first didn't do the trick. Now here we were at Christmas and she was on a completely new antibiotic. Poor thing. She came and enjoyed a few hours with us on Christmas morning but she wasn't well at all and it was all she could do to be with us. Now all of our activities were over and it was past time for us to buckle down and figure out what was wrong with Mom. She was able to set an appointment for Tuesday morning at 9:00. We went in to see Dr. Stock her allergy Doctor. He could see that she was suffering and decided that he better take an x-ray of her sinuses to see if they were still the problem. They were clear. So he sent us up to the hospital to run some tests. To make a long story short... she was dealing with a bad case of pneumonia. Her left lung was filled with a liter of fluid. She was admitted that day and stayed in all week. She was released to my care on Saturday. She's been here with me now for a solid week and going into the 2nd week. She is doing better but still very weak. I am so grateful that I can be here to watch over her. She is a wonderful lady and we are so grateful for her in our lives. Hopefully we can keep her health up and strong throughout the coming weeks with all this gunk in the air from the inversions. We will have to be very careful with her.
PS She has won every game of pinochle that she has played with us during this time. Looks like no matter how weak she is - her mind is still pretty sharp.