I got up quite late but still got in a 45-minute morning walk.
I had taken a Berlitz vacation day today because David had had an appointment with his HIV doctor in Be'er Sheva. However, I called yesterday and canceled it because I was sure he wouldn't be up to it.
David's condition today was worse than yesterday. He couldn't sit up in bed, even with help, and he could barely speak occasionally. I managed to get one individual serving of chocolate pudding into him (I had to feed him, of course), and that was all he had to eat the entire day. Sometimes he was able to sip PepsiMax through a straw, and other times he couldn't manage even that.
Finally, we decided we had better call the Maccabi nurses online. They, of course, called Magen David Adom, who sent out an ambulance. Two strong guys plus myself were barely enough to get him out of the bed and into the wheelchair (for the trip down the elevator because the paramedic stretcher doesn't fit in it).
After several hours in the ER, they told me that he needed to be intubated so that a machine could help him breathe and that they were sending him once again to Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva. I'll be heading up there tomorrow, of course.
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