rm | Patty update

They are still waiting for one more culture to come back. Assuming that shows what they expect it to show she will be released from the hospital in the next twenty-four hours, after which, she's going to try to get taken to an Internet cafe over the weekend so she can let you all know how she's doing herself.

I did some pneumonia research online about recovery times and such last night, in an effort to help her argue for staying on the dig (the possibility of her leaving early hasn't been raised again since she was first admitted), because as much as I miss her and this was stressful for all, the best possible thing is if she can rest for another week or two and then go back to work and finish out the last three or so weeks of the season there.