Lots of ~ma for the Boy's mom, Teppy.

Good job, Nora! Glad that part's done.

A lolkitty for Zenkitty.

(and I have to run off for yet another pointless, boring, barely coherent web presentation ... yay)

~ma for The Boy's mom and all of you.

Yay Nora!

Tons of health~ma to the Boy's mom.

Thanks, folks. It's just uber-worrisome because she's a wee tiny woman with a lot of food allergies, so she can't keep weight on very well anyway. But that also means that her body isn't really equipped to fight any infection, let alone one in her lungs, which are (to be blunt) crap anyway.

She's adamant about not wanting to be put on a ventilator, because she fears that she's so frail that she won't be able to come back off of it -- that is, her body won't adapt to breathing sufficiently on its own again.

And that's probably true. However, she's entitled to not be stuck on a vent if that's what she wants.

We were at their house Sunday night, which was a day after she started antibiotics for the respiratory infection. And, wow, she was having a LOT of trouble breathing. It's not easy at the best of times -- she's permanently on an oxygen cannula -- but she manages.

She's stubborn, though, and insisted she didn't want to go to the hospital. So for her to give in and go today says that it's really bad.

She also has bad anxiety that drugs aren't putting a dent in. And it's a horrible cycle -- not being able to breathe makes her panic, and panic makes it hard to breathe, which makes her panic, etc. etc. etc.

I just really want her to make it to their 50th anniversary. And *she* does, too. There's a family trip planned for that weekend, to a lodge in a big state park north of here. That might not be possible now (and The Boy and I were wondering even before this if the trip would be too hard for her), but even if she could just be home and enjoy a low-key anniversary celebration with the family, that would mean so much to her, and to The Boy's dad. And the whole family, really.

Do his parents live close to you, Teppy? Here's hoping the hospital gives her some relief. Not being able to breathe is incredibly scary.

sj - wait til your cartoon self and hubby have a baby!

Oh, Steph, lots of health ~ma for The Boy's mom! And coping ~ma for the rest of your family.

A lolkitty for Zenkitty.

Bwah! It is not unlike that.

Mostly not-unhealthy lunch and a bottle of ibuprofen procured. More laundry done. Some stuff for work done, thanks to a please-do-this-today email from my boss, despite that she knows I took a vacation day. Staring in horror at how much is left to do.

So much ~ma, Tep

My sister and her family are in town for two weeks. Staying at my folks rather than with me, so I don't have to clean all the things but can just enjoy seeing them, which is very nice.

Do his parents live close to you, Teppy?

They live in town, yeah. And the hospital she's gone to is maybe 10 minutes from our house (amusingly, it's one that my dad has gone to often for his cardiac roller-coaster). We'll go over there later, but not right now, while she's still being evaluated and whatnot. Too much chaos for her.

Here's hoping the hospital gives her some relief. Not being able to breathe is incredibly scary.

The hospital is the best place for her -- she probably needs IV antibiotics, although she's so frail it's hard to get an IV started. She's just terrified of being put on a vent. So it's important that there are family members there, to make sure that what she wants is adhered to.