Finally, a Diagnosis

Rena has been receiving continuous care and has been treated with a cocktail of medications to carpet-bomb most of the possible culprits (bacterial and fungal).
Luckily, we finally got a positive result back from one of the cultures, so we know what type of pneumonia she's up against. That has allowed the team to target the specific bacterial infection responsible for her respiratory distress. This is good news, since without knowing specific details about the cause of her condition, they can really only treat her symptoms and also give her a wide spectrum of antibiotics.

So the prognosis is good for now, but there is probably going to be several more days in the ICU.

I've started reading the book, "I am Number 4" to Rena. We're up to chapter 7, and just learned about the mysterious "lumen" (not to be confused with the candela; the SI unit of luminous intensity).