C.O.P.D.

This is one acronym that I'd rather not know about. It stands for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. This is a lung disease that makes it hard to breathe. The most common cause of COPD is cigarette smoking.

Mom has been diagnosed with COPD...it's been a crazy couple of days, but I think she is going to be okay. She came home from the hospital on Friday and she was full of piss and vinegar. Saturday and Sunday, not so much. I think that we have to try another medication...what they sent her home with wasn't working to well. Mom is 70, but she is a very young 70 and she doesn't take any medication...the nurses at the hospital couldn't believe that a woman her age wasn't on any medications...people half her age take medications...me included!

I believe in my heart of hearts that Mom is going to be okay for now and that we can manage this terrible disease...she has to...Nana has to be hear to meet Alison when she finally comes home from China...when ever that may be.

The disease can be managed if you stop smoking and she has...for 14 days now. The good news is that they didn't send her home with oxygen, just an inhaler. At some point we may have to look at that, but not today.