Sick House

So, people are dropping down sick left and right.

My mom has aspiration pneumonia. She's developed problems swallowing. Therefore, she can inhale minute bits of food and drink into her lungs. That foreign matter which has no business in the lungs can cause an infection in the lungs...hence the diagnosis. Xray confirmed it and she's on mega-antibiotics. Luckily, we believe its a mild case...this time. She's at huge risk of it occurring again in the future.

T has been coughing off and on since mid April. Its gotten particularly bad despite being on children's zyrtec the past few days. I couldn't stand it anymore, so off we went to the dr this evening. T now has an inhaler to hopefully knock it out of her system, and I need to take her for a chest xray, too. To rule out walking pneumonia. Sigh.

Dot reports that she's sick today with the common cold.

My dad is generally sick with diabetes and memory issues.

I, on the other hand, am feeling fine...for now. I know I just jinxed myself. Oh well.