I visited Dorothy two different times last week at Methodist Hospital. She was still in intensive care. She was asleep both times and it is not my practice to awaken a recovering patient. So all my information comes from the nurses or Janet, Dorothy's daughter-in-law. Dorothy was due to come out of intensive care last week when they discovered she had pneumonia. So, they are keeping her where they can monitor her best. The nurse said she is improving. Janet said she is trying to eat so she can get stronger. She is getting up to sit although she still has excruciating pain. She is determined though and trying to do the things she knows she needs to do to get to go home. She doesn't want to go to an assisted care facility...but home when she is released from Methodist. If she continues to eat, get stronger and beats the pneumonia, she'll likely go home next week-end.
(Remember...some of what I am saying is second hand or conjecture intended to keep friends in the loop. I am not the doctor. Nor do I pretend to know much! : )
IHS,
Roger
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