I saw Dad tonight between 5-6PM. He was awake, and his nurse told me he had been awake and alert much of the day. He seemed quite uncomfortable to me, and had a very tired and sad look in his eyes.
Unfortunately, his progress is not what we hope for. He gets a lung x-ray every day and today his left lung appears more congested than yesterday. Because of this they are not taking him off the respirator probably for the next few days, hopefully when the antibiotics start working and the lungs start to clear.
As I was there this evening they were preparing Dad for an endoscopy to determine the location of the bleeding in "his gut" as the nurse put it to me. Apparantly the bleeding has been "slow but steady" and is concerning enough that they need to investigate it. They were hoping to see the source of the bleeding and do something to stop it. If they cannot, they will try to prep Dad for a colonoscopy tomorrow. None of this is fun.
So we continue to wait and pray. I think that this will continue to go up and down...he is already compromised because of his Parkinson's disease and so things that a "healthy" person would get over quickly will take Dad much longer. We are praying for the day the tubes will be removed and he will be able to be comfortable.
More updates tomorrow.
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