End-of-Another-Day Update
Colleen continues to feel better. She tells me that a hospital team of doctors -- who are in and out of her room during the day -- is working to fine-tune her oxygen, the volume of her supplemental nutrition (reduce liquid while maintaining the necessary calories), and her various medications at the same time that they carefully eliminate the excess fluid that led to this emergency hospital stay. The team is purposely doing this slowly, in order to put as little stress on her body as possible.

So will she come home Saturday? (Sound familiar?) 

Col says it's doubtful. And right now, she's not minding that relatively small uncertainty. Rather, she would very much like to have a good night's sleep.

Day at a time.