It is 3:30 and Car has been coughing a bit since waking up at 3. Sheila is in here now listening to her lungs and there is no fluid, and her oxygenation levels are good. It looks like the coughing is from the dry air of the room. That is a good thing.

What we want to make sure of is that the muscle relaxers she is taking don't relax the muscles involved with the breathing. Your body forgetting to breathe would be a bad thing. (Understatement of the year).

Carolyn's prescription from the nurse...Suck on a jolly rancher while vitals and other measures are taken.

Newsflash*In a rare public shout out from Carolyn, she just looked over at me and said to make sure and thank Jen for the Jolly ranchers on the Blog.