I got your post and I appreciate your encouraging words - I have a quick couple of questions for you (if you have time to answer) When your mom was fighting the infection did the her nurses play a big part in explaining her condition? It seems that my mom's nurses were always giving grim news, when the doc's seemed to have high hopes - It was very hard for my dad who is far from the medical expert! They were asking him if he wanted to put the respirator on and my mom was in the bed saying please do and gasping for air! Twice I thought the nurses were doing a good job of confusing my dad - Basically making it seem as though my dad should have just let her go and that was the best choice - If he didn't think for himself we could have lost her too soon - I was just wondering how your experience was - I hope it was much better - Also, did your mom need to have her lungs scoped to remove the conjestion? Mine is having her second tomorrow and we are hoping the best - The first one went well and helped her so much (she has been breathing on her own over 48 hours now (respirator doing very little, but still in place) - Anyway, sorry to be a bother or make you re-live any unpleasant memories - I'm just beside myself these days - my mom means the world to us - Take care and I hope happy days for you and your family!

Sue