Busted: Your Salami Stash is Toast

Over the past few weeks, GpaK has had trouble breathing in the middle of the night - classic symptoms of Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) where the body retains fluid (usually because of sodium) and the fluid ends up backing up into the lungs, causing difficulty breathing. As a result, GpaK has used oxygen to help him get through the night.

How can this be? I am careful with sodium, we don't add salt to anything, and his caregiver is careful too. Then I found it - in the back of the crisper - a package of sliced salami. Matt (my son) then mentioned that GpaK routinely roles up salami with cheese and has it as a snack around 5pm (just a few minutes before I get home). Mystery solved, Salami gone. Can't wait to confront this with GpaK and his "care giver'. Sooooo busted.