Pneumonia again

One more time I'm afraid. The nagging cough on Tuesday was pneumonia by Friday. Mom is back on antibiotics and pretty worn out. She really struggles to breathe and then becomes anxious about it. Unfortunately they cut out the anti-anxiety meds from her med list so we have to go through the doctor to have that put back in place. I found out from one of the nurses that it is the state regulatory board who makes them delete meds to ensure that patients are not being overmedicated. They can't have some meds past a certain length of time so then it must be proven again that they are needed. For most people that means that they have to go without for awhile. Pretty backward system of health care. Anyway, I spent some time with Mom today and she was a little better. She said she wanted to go to Mass tomorrow morning so I'll see if she can make it.