Keeping America's hospitals working

I can't remember if we posted earlier about having Janet's mom and aunt with us over Christmas and New Year's. (I'm writing this offline for later posting to reduce the amount of time I tie up the phone at the hospital.) If not, well, we have Janet's mom (Jo) and aunt (Marianna) with us over Christmas and New Year's. :)

Janet went home last night to be able to spend a little time with them. As it turns out, it was a good thing, because they had to take her aunt to the emergency room at 4:30 this morning. [sigh] She may have had a small heart attack; she has congestive heart failure, and was overstressed, so her breathing was difficult; and she may have aspiration pneumonia. Did I mention she is diabetic?

So Marianna is in the cardiac unit at Blount Memorial, while Hannah continues in East Tennessee Children's Hospital. As I write this, Hannah is in the treatment room getting a new IV put in. Her previous one worked its way out somehow.

Janet is exhausted. After all, she went home to get some rest, and wound up spending half the night at a different hospital. She is here now; I hope we can find a way to get her some relief.