The Ugly, The Bad, and The Good

Yes, I reversed the order of that famous phrase because I want to end on something good!

The Ugly
These diseases that Glenn and I have. I don't understand, but, we just cannot kick them. I'm not hacking anymore, so, it appears as if the bronchitis is gone, but, 6 days into a 7 day course of strong antibiotics and I can still feel fluid in my lungs with every breath I take, I still wheeze when I'm laying down, and I still have a nasty sinus infection. Glenn's lungs appear to be clear, but, he has a terrible cough and cold and was even running a fever last night. We're staying home on this absolutely beautiful Memorial Day because we just really need to rest, but, I've got all of the windows open and I'm washing all of our bedding - anything else I can do to try to get rid of these diseases for good??

The Bad
Are all dads as stubborn as mine? Apparently, my dad has been having chest pains for weeks but didn't say anything because he wanted to get through Memorial Day (he's a parade organizer in my hometown)! Well, they got to be too much Saturday night, so, off to the hospital we all went. I think the North Jersey hospital system is going to start rolling out a red carpet for us as we seem to be frequenting them at a ridiculously high rate. The good news is that all tests came back showing that he didn't have a heart attack (my dad had triple bypass 26 years ago and had a couple of stents put in 2 years ago) but they want to do an angiogram to look for more blockages. Because of the holiday, they won't do it until tomorrow and he really is feeling OK and under the right care, but, jeez, another scare for our family. And, Glenn and I can't even go see him because of the aforementioned diseases.

The Good
Yes, I have good news - no, wonderful news to report! My mother has been approved to be placed on the kidney transplant list! She's been doing dialysis 3x a week for the last year and a half and had to meet some milestones before being allowed onto the list, but, she has done that and, as of Friday, is officially on the list! I'm not sure where we're going from here, in terms of testing family members, but, the important thing is that she is on the list and we can move forward from here!