A really bad cold

Hubby is flying home tomorrow. He is getting up at 5 am, driving his dad 3 hours back to the big city hospital, checking him in for his triple bypass on Friday. Then hubby will drive to the airport and have lunch with his brother who is flying in from 2000 miles away. Brother will be with their dad for surgery and take him home as my hubby is heading home tomorrow evening.

He caught a cold. A really bad cold. He has been flat in bed the past 2 days. So you gotta ask...what good did it do for him to rush to be with his father?

I'm pretty sure the stress of this got his immune system to the point that he picked up something either on the plane or in the hospital last week. But he called me today and said that it's so bad he just can't breathe. Of course, I told him to go to the local ER and at least get an Rx for an inhaler. But he didn't do that.

So what can you do? And why do I think he might take care of a cold when he refused to take care of his diabetes? So I guess he will just struggle with his breathing. He said he had been sleeping pretty much non-stop for about 3 days now. So how safe is it for him to drive the 3 hours with his dad to the hospital? hmmmm. Pretty hard for me to "not worry" from here...but I'm giving it a good hard try!

It will be good for him to get home. At least he can really rest and hopefully heal. I leave Friday for a 3 week vacation on the ocean with a couple of friends. It will be my chance to completely heal from the pneumonia I had earlier this year. I hope to use the time to recoup, relax, regenerate and come home ready to face whatever is next.