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Thanks again to all.

Mom FINALLY got a bed in the UMC Cardiac ICU. They meant to fly her by helicopter from Mesa, but a sudden storm rolled in (that I drove through - man, was that a nasty dust storm) and they grounded all helicopter flights. They made the decision to drive her by ambulance.

They pulled half a gallon of fluid out of her left lung today. Her pneumonia should improve now. Her heart ejection(?) rate is supposed to be 60, was 40 when they admitted her a couple of weeks ago, dropped to 15 causing her move to ICU, but is now back up to 30 today. Her heart is actually healing - that was unexpected. They actually took her off of dialisys now because her kidneys appear to be functioning again.

I'm seeing real miracles happen here, folks. I pulled my 4th nearly all-nighter sitting by her bedside last night and then drove home from Tucson this morning. I'm beyond tired but my Dad can't sit with her all night and then be alert during the day to talk to the doctors and make decisions. And the fun thing is that next week I've got to go to work too. The miracles need to keep on coming as I don't know how long I can keep this up.