The Queen's Throne

Hi Friends and Family,

Well, well, well. The Queen was controlling people more than ever today. She made it to her "throne" aka weird medical chair thing! She was sitting straight up telling the therapists and nurses that they needed to, "explain things to us." When she realizes how much we all actually know, I'm going to laugh really hard. Her CT scan looked good and the pulmonologist says the pneumonia is almost all gone. They were very impressed with how great her lungs look. Even though they look great on the scan, it doesn't mean they are as strong as we need them to be yet. So for tonight...send those magic prayers and good vibes for good breathing and strong lungs. She's been getting some quality time with the respiratory therapist to work on using different breathing machines. Now that she's been in a chair, she loves to sit upright because it makes it so much easier to breathe. Their goal was to keep her in the chair for an hour and she said, "no, I want to stay here for longer." She ended up sitting in the chair for 2 1/2 hours which is so great. She is being hilarious. She is lucky she is a Queen because we're all doing whatever the hell she wants us to do for her. I think she's earned that :)

It's definitely hard to watch her struggle with the breathing. She is clearly so uncomfortable and it is taking every ounce of her energy just to breathe. It really makes me take for granted how naturally breathing comes for us. Speaking of air...the air in this waiting room is really dry and is causing my dad and I to cough. We are not sick (no worries) but we just have this dry cough. We both made the mistake of coughing in front of my mom (we were wearing our masks, so no contamination was happening). You would think that after 23 years of being her daughter, I would have learned to never, ever cough in front of my mother. At the sign of any abnormal breath, cough, or sneeze, she typically always makes me go to the doctor or at least call to see if they will send in a prescription. Even in her very sick state, she managed to say to my dad, "You and Abby are getting sick. You need to leave here and not come back until you are better." Needless to say, no more dry cough from the dry air in front of her.

The Queen had a great day and she is slowly but surely making huge progress. It's hard to believe that it has almost been a week since this crisis situation began. We returned to a small sense of normalcy tonight. My dad cooked a delicious dinner (chicken w/ good sauce, homemade mashed potatoes, asparagus) and Sam got a bath thanks to Nancy. We are all pretty flat out exhausted at the end of the day, but it's nice to come home and just take a break.

Lots of love and hugs,

The Queen's Royal Court