Rita

Well for those of you who don't already know, Rita is in the hospital now. I was headed to her house yesteday to take Kirk to his dr's appt when they called and said Rita was seeping fluid from her belly that was already so swelled up. So I took Rita to the emergency room and Eloise and Gilbert took Kirk to his appt. After spending almost 9 hours in the emergency room Rita was finally admitted and is still there. She was taken to radiology this morning and they drained some fluid from her stomach. She has some fluid on her lungs and they will attempt to drain more fluid again tomorrow. Meanwhile, Kirk seems to be healing well and will be wearing his back brace for 2 more months. He did get a "green light" to drive again so that will help them out some. No answers on why Rita continues to swell up with fluid. Hopefully, someone will be able to let us know something soon. She is comfortable...no pain really. I know she will be relieved to get all that extra fluid off her body. Please keep Rita and Kirk in your prayers. It is sad to see both of them "down" at the same time. I will try to keep you updated as we get new info.