Influenza A day 6

 This is a different experience for me.  She is way sicker than her last hospital stay.  I guess  benefits to the hospital are there are nurses keeping track of medicines and machines tracking vitals and oxygen.  Never thought I'd miss the monitors, but in these last several days, I do.  Nights continue to be very bad.  Breathing treatments, mucinex, and vest treatments being given every four hours and tylenol as often as needed, along with all her routine meds plus tamiflu.  I'm hoping her last night sweat out was her final break in fever, but time will tell. She can barely speak due to her throat pain and wretching. To add to her unpleasant days, she started her period.  She was due to have her shot today.  The office called yesterday to reschedule and it worked out that a church friend (a very knowledgeable retired nurse) came over and gave her the shot, which Lillian handled the best so far.   She is still fairly miserable, tearful, and mad at me A LOT.  I guess that might be considered an improvement.  She is also taking a few minutes in the bathroom to write on the mirrors as that is where I'm charting meds and treatments.   Keep us in your prayers.  We appreciate them all so much. 

So, in seeking to be positive, We have been SO very blessed by our church family. Matt made it to work safely.  Ezekiel is doing better today. Lillian is not any worse. (i think) the power is on and there is sufficient food in the house. We are warm and safe in refuge of His wings.  None of this is a surprise to Him.  He is faithful.

 Merry Christmas.