And the hits keep coming

Lisa's at St. John's Hospital with her mom and GG. GG had trouble breathing this morning. The paramedics didn't like her pulse rate (104) or her oxygen level (93) or the sound of fluid in her lungs, so they took her to the ER.

GG's in good spirits, almost (but not quite) flirting with the paras. That's a good sign... if she wasn't bawdy (or a "spry one" as one para put it), I'd really be worried. They still haven't seen a doc, though. Hopefully, this is just a reaction to the new meds she started on Tuesday, and nothing worse.

We'll see. Kyle's got a water polo tournament game this afternoon, and we had planned to leave from there to see the UCLA Football spring scrimmage game. But right now, I'm thinking that we will probably pass on the game and just spend a relaxing evening at home with family. (there's two more H2O polo games tomorrow beginning at 11am... so maybe this is the wisest choice anyway...)

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Update 4:30

Still at ER. They will be admitting GG for observation and a heart sonogram. There's fluid in her lungs but they're not saying it's pneumonia. Her bladder's not voiding correctly. But the main concern is her previously diagnosed congestive heart failure. The doctors say that it's not urgent, but they're also asking if we want surgery (which means it could get urgent)... at GG's age (89) the answer to that query is no (there's more possible problems than solutions with that). According to Lisa, GG's spirits are still good, though she's pissed off that she's in the hospital. I take this a good news... there's no quit in her.

Kyle's team lost a tough game, 9-8 against VCD, the team that he'll be playing with next weekend in San Diego. It was nice to hear them tell him that they can't wait for him to be their goalie. It takes a little of the sting from today's loss (which takes us out of the running for the league championship... which means that this team will be the first Titan D1 squad not to take hope the championship in about 5 seasons. That's disappointing. Kyle's injured his shoulder... he's icing and taking motrin... and hopes to be ready for tomorrow's two games... win the first and they have a chance at third place (though, if they slaughter the other team, and the other team can knock off VCD in a low-scoring squeaker in round-robin play... there's still a slim chance that we could play for first... but that chance is so slim, I don't even raise Kyle's hopes by telling him).

With Lisa still at the hospital, Kyle nursing his wounds, and none of us feeling exactly filled with joy, we're bypassing the football spring game tonight at the Rose Bowl... sigh. It's a drag, but probably for the best.