After another long wait at the Dr, Bill is doing better. The wheeze is mostly gone, but his white count was up today. That leads the nurse to suspect that it was pneumonia that was brewing. I also remembered that he had done some choking and when I mentioned it to her, she said that explained it better than getting it out somewhere. He probably aspirated some.

She's added another antibiotic and wants him to continue the breathing treatments, at least twice a day. If not that, she wants him to use one of the spirometer things hospitals give out to use to keep from getting pneumonia while in the hospital. We have several of those so I'm going to pull one of those out.

As long as he's doing better by Thursday, he can start using his treadmill again, but for only 30 minutes max. He goes back next Monday to see if his white count is back down. She didn't do a chest x-ray today and she said it wouldn't make a difference in treatment since his white count was up. So, the x-rays Friday showed a haziness in the lower lobes and his white count was normal. We were really lucky that we caught it when we did, since his body hadn't even had time to start fighting it yet.

He does feel better and is not coughing near as much, so I know he's on the mend. I'm not sure that I'll update this Saturday since he goes back to the dr. on Monday, but who knows. If there is nothing new on here then, I will update after the Dr. on Monday.

Have a good week!