First day back home from hospital. Still a bit weak and occasionally unsteady. Damage to the knee from last week’s fall means I need to use a forearm crutch as a walking aid. Need to see a lung specialist, hospital suspects existing lung damage , possibly from 8 years as a heavy smoker or (I hope not) industrial exposure to asbestos.
Two short but intense courses of antibiotics on top of all the IV antibiotics I had is expected to take care of the remainder of the pneumonia.
Apparently I was not far from partial kidney failure but responded well to having an IV intake of 3 litres of saline drip in 15 hours at two different hospitals.