David got up twice last night to go to the bathroom and needed my help each time, so of course I did not get up early enough to go out for a walk.
I taught only one 2-unit Berlitz lesson today: 11:00-12:30.
I made some more progress on my HaTikva piece.
David has been getting progressively weaker now for some time. Finally, at around 5:00 this evening his legs simply gave out and he went down to the floor even though he was holding tightly onto me. He went down very gently, of course, to a sitting position, but even though he was near the bed, he wasn't able to get back up at all. After trying for a bit, I called the 24-hour nurse consultation line of Maccabi and explained the situation. The nurse asked to talk with David directly, and he told her that he had had an epileptic episode (something that I wasn't at all sure of). In any case, she connected us with Magen David Adom (the ambulance agency), and they came to help. After we got David back up on the bed, the paramedic asked him if he wanted to be taken to the hospital, and he said that he did, so that's what happened.
We got a rather big surprise in the ER. The had him x-rayed and discovered that he has pneumonia, a possibility that had not even entered my mind. They started him on IV antibiotics and eventually sent him by ambulance to Soroka, the university hospital in Be'er Sheva. In fact, he's still on his way. I came home so that I can get some sleep, but I'll drive up there (about 3 hours) tomorrow.
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