my mom

[Drunk Monk]

Last night was miserable for my mom, but today she’s showing some signs of improvement. She went from needing 10 liters of oxygen to 6 this morning, and now 4. She’s more alert today, although she’s still positive for RSV and her pneumonia has slightly collapsed her right lung. She no longer has gurgling sounds when she breathes, just when she coughs. She begins a more aggressive respiratory therapy regimen this afternoon in hopes of clearing her lungs out.

Her doctor is optimistic that she may be able to be transferred to a nursing home this weekend, and perhaps back to her assisted living home in a week or two after that.