Richard update

I crawled home yesterday about noon and took a nap. When I called hospital they had him in a room, so I went out to visit. It's a beautiful private room with a  couch and lounge chair and a view of the nature paths behind the hospital, but he was too cranky to appreciate it. He's a lot sicker than I realized initially, but the nurse and respiratory therapist (both lovely) seemed pleased with his progress. His fever is now  gone completely (97.6) and he is concentrating on his number one job - coughing up the mucous clogging his lungs. 

He was a little happier once I helped him figure out the TV controller and locate a Marvel movie (which looked incredibly unappealing to me, but it was one he hadn't seen, so he was mildly excited about it). I also brought him a book and his reading glasses. The good news is that he is alert and coherent enough to read and watch movies (even dumb movies), which was not the case when I brought him in. 

It's now 11;30 on Monday, and I managed to get 10 hours of sleep and a shower. I had lost most of TWO night's sleep right in the middle of my own pretty bad cold, so I was hanging on by a fingernail there. I'm still coughing and honking, but I feel much better. Heading out to Methodist to see how he's doing. 

Richard is doing well

He was out of bed eating lunch when I visited today, and looked great. Better color, better spirits. They expect to keep him 2 more nights to finish up the medication protocol (5 infusions/day of 2 different heavy duty antibiotics)

Leprechaun Lena

That is really her color, doncha think?