July 26-27

When I visited with my mother on Thursday I noticed some swelling on the left side of her face, the staff said it hadn't been there earlier but they would examine it. On Friday I was there in the morning, the swelling was more pronounced and she had a cold washcloth on her forehead because she was running a fever. She spent most of my visit in and out of sleep but she knew I was there. Shortly after 5:00 I got a call from the care center, they were taking her into the ER at the hospital. Her fever was up, her pulse rate was sluggish and she was having trouble breathing (this despite the fact that she's been on oxygen since she went in originally on July 10). I had planned to going to the ballpark but needless to say that didn't happen, I left immediately for the hospital and actually arrived before she did. They eventually got her established in the Intensive Care Unit, once that was accomplished I came home because the one thing she needed at that point was REST. I woke up earlier than usual on Saturday morning, had some breakfast and decided to go over to the hospital since there was no really good reason to wait around. They told me she was in isolation but I was still able to enter, they said she had a glandular infection and it would be treated aggressively (I guess they call it ICU for a reason). Had lunch with Jenny and her mother, in the evening I was at the ballpark by myself since they elected again to stay home because of the heat. When this month is over I'm expecting to read a newspaper story about it being the hottest July on record, if it isn't it should be because most of it has been an oven. The Barnstormers had lost the series opener on Friday, on this night they won 5-4. Destin Hood hit a solo home run in the second inning, in the fourth Darian Sandford had a two-run single, K.C. Hobson had an RBI hit and Zach Shank picked up a ribbie on a groundout. Jared Lakind started and got the win, Cody Eppley earned the save. Take care, thanks for reading.