Well, friends, my wife had another follow-up visit yesterday with her physician following her recent pneumonia, and the news is not good. Her lung capacity continues to fall, even since last week's visit. So the good doctor scheduled a full pulmonary evaluation for this coming Monday. I'm sure that lack of oxygen is responsible for her continuing fatigue, and it's scary as far as I'm concerned, as I almost died from lack of oxygen back in early 2006, going into respiratory failure and living on a respirator for 15 days. She's keeping up a good front, but I know she's a bit afraid. She recently visited with her sister in Cape Cod for the first time in a long time. After that she visited her oldest friend in Florida. Fortunately, she was able to work the visits in with her work, and the cost to us was minimal, though money was really not a consideration. She needed these visits in her present state of health.
It's been obvious to me that she's thinking about her own mortality, which she finally admitted to me today. It certainly gives me serious pause, as she's the person who knows me best and who loves me most. And she knows I love her more than anyone in the world. I can't imagine my world without her, though I know than none of us gets out of this alive. If you pray, I would appreciate your prayers for her complete recovery. If you don't pray, keep her in your good thoughts. We're both taking this one day at a time, at least most of the time.
Actually, she's been having problems with her breathing for some time as many former smokers do, but she pushed on simply because we need the income. The pneumonia put an end to pushing on, as it exacerbated her existing problem. How I wish I could make her well. She's been so important to me, and I love her dearly. All good thoughts and prayers will be appreciated.
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