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I went out of town yesterday with my sister so she could see the Pulmonologist. She's the sister I told you about around a month ago who was on her 3rd bout of pneumonia, remember? Well, she actually got what turned out to be good news from the Specialist yesterday. She (the Doc) looked at all my sister's test results and announced that there is absolutely nothing wrong with her lungs OR her heart, and the reason she's been getting pneumonia is because she's aspirating acid during the night when she sleeps because of her hiatal hernia and severe acid reflux! Can you believe it? She saw THREE doctors here in town and not ONE of them mentioned that as even a possibility! After the doctor said that, it all made sense to her, as she remembers times when she would wake during the night choking and coughing, and feeling the burning in her chest and taste it in her throat (sorry to be so graphic). Anyway, she has to have surgery to repair it, but it's done Laparoscopically so is minimally invasive. She was SO relieved! After the surgery, she probably won't even have to take her acid reflux medication at all anymore, and no more pneumonia! YAY!!

I didn't sleep worth a darn, even though we got back fairly early. Then this morning my daughter and I had to be at the salon by 10:00 for haircuts and highlights. Two and half hours later, we were on our way to pick up my son's dog from the Vet's office. Apparently she was ill yesterday so Dave took her to see the Vet and he wanted to keep her overnight to check her out and run tests. Well in the meantime Dave was called to work (he's a Railroader - a Conductor for BNSF Railroad) so he wasn't able to pick her up today. Turns out she has a bacterial bowel infection. Eww! Poor thing. She's mucho better today, though, and is staying with us until he gets home tomorrow morning. She's playing tug-of-war with Daisy right now. It's so cute! :) She's on meds for a few days, but she's going to make a full recovery.

Three or four hours later we drove to Dairy Queen to pick up some dinner since none of us felt like cooking (between my daughter, her best friend and me. Hubs is working, too). I noticed when I got up to leave that the front of my shoulder, right around my collar bone, is really sore. I have no idea what I did to it, but it sure hurts. I've had the heating pad on it for a couple of hours but it isn't helping. It's just one of those things that will take a couple of days to heal, I guess. ANYway, it's been BUSY around here the last couple of days! Hopefully the weekend will be much ... umm ... slower. LOL

So how are you doing? :)

Pneumonia, Hiatal Hernia, Laparoscopic Surgery, Dogs, Veterinarians