re: When is RBG getting released from the hospital today?

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Sounds like she just had an infection that has cleared up. Dunno about a downhill slope.

It is notable that late in life your immune systems function weakens tremendously.

I wonder if this infection would have even occurred in someone with a healthy immune system. At her age, little things can turn deadly pretty quick. Sounds like she knows it.

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Offering an opinion based strictly upon experience I've gleaned through passing family elderly over the years ....

1: Infections begin to happen a lot, from everything, burnt main one is via the mouth. Gum issues, mouth infections that a healthy body fights off .... suddenly they become big things and they can travel to heart valves and the brain in a hurry.

2: The more they are in the hospital the more they are subject to airborne inflections and staff infections from the environment itself.

3: The elderly has issues staying hydrated as time grows near. This is twofold. One is they begin to lack the urge to drink enough fluids and two is that their kidneys are becoming less functional and the body automatically sends signals to slow or shut down intake of fluids to try to relieve some of the pressure on the kidneys. Renal failure is inevitable and causes almost as many deaths to the elderly deemed "natural causes" as does heart failure and moreso than cancer.

4: She will eventually grow tired of fighting it and when that time comes it will happen typically after a sudden uptick, a weekend of reunions or recognition, or the realization that her time is nigh .... then comes the long night and the struggle to last until daylight. I've seen it happen many times.

Daybreak and early morning is when a lot of natural deaths happen.

Her time is growing shorter every day. Signs are that she will not make it another year at the very most and, it will happen while most of us are sleeping. We will wake to the news.