Today Mom had a second procedure where they pull fluid from around the lungs.  This time the procedure lasted a little longer and they took more fluid - 1800ml.  That is a thousand more than last time!  She was out of it for quite a while afterwards and the nurses kept their eye on her for a while because her blood pressure was so low.  At its lowest it was 72/44.  Pretty low.  But she eventually came around, her blood pressure got better and she seemed to be doing pretty good.  For a while there in the afternoon, she was doing great. She sat in bed and looked at her mail, browsed through some of the catalogs she got, we talked about some Christmas music that was playing and she signed some checks for a few bills that needed to be paid.  Then they brought her a tray of food and she ate almost everything on that tray.  Which may not have been a good idea because she didn't feel as good after she ate.  She started having a lot of pain on her side so they gave her a pain killer.  Linda spent last night, Kathy is spending the night and I do tomorrow night.  Ben was there this morning until I arrived.