Not so HAPpy HAPpenings...

Well, after seeing Dad struggle a bit with listlessness and pain over the past couple of days, doctors whisked him off to be x-rayed again last night. Today they told us that he has HAP: hospital acquired pneumonia. One of the dangers of lying in bed for such a long time is that phlegm builds up in your lungs and it's easy to contract a chest infection. (Having had pneumonia four or five times myself, I had kind of been suspecting pneumonia as I watched Dad over the past days.) It's horrible that he has to put up with this on top of everything else, but he's on an antibiotic now which should hopefully clear it up fairly quickly over the coming week. As is typical with pneumonia, Dad was feeling tired and week during the day today, but feeling slightly better and brighter by the evening. Despite feeling that everything is "tasteless," he's trying to force himself to eat a bit, and managed to eat just a few spoonfuls of stew and potatoes this evening.