Well shit. I start working on one of the other things in my to-do list for today – “triage phone message” – and up at the top are a couple from mom mom, who is in the hospital. Apparently her shortness of breath while I was visiting her was from more than being out of shape.
She said it was nothing super major, but they kept her overnight. I just called her and she sounded mostly okay; she asked me to call her back in like 5-10 minutes. I guess because there was someone visiting her room, or because she was talking to a doctor or nurse, or something.
So I guess this is a brief reminder to go visit your parents if you’re living far away and still on good terms with them. ‘Cause they ain’t getting any younger. Neither are you, but that’s probably not going to be a problem as soon as it will be for them.
Edit. Yeah, the nurse was doing things. It’s looking like congestive heart failure. Which she’s been in the hospital before. They’ve got her on something to get fluids moving through her, and are having trouble getting all her records because of computer problems. She’s in bed and a friend is bringing her the iPad I gave her before Christmas, so she’ll be distracted at least. She’ll be in the hospital for at least the other night.
Hopefully she’ll be back home with another medicine added to her regimen or something, and nothing worse!