A couple years ago I got to where my wife would tell me I needed to go to the hospital and I could hear her but it just didn't seem to register so I said I didn't need to go.  She had our grandson convince me I needed to go.  His mom, a nurse, got me seen right away and they found out I had pneumonia and sepsis already.  I was put on a high dose of antibiotics and stayed in the hospital for  about 3 days and then home.  Guess I was really lucky my wife insisted I went to the hospital.  Besides them saving my life, the antibiotics screwed up my digestive system for over a year.