Saturday Morning

Pauline and I went and saw Dad last night. He was pretty well unconcious, though he did wake when I came in and spoke to him (he did not speak to me, sorry for the confusion). He of course then started to gag and cough on the intubation tube, which looks beyond miserable. I can't wait for Wednesday, when he should be getting the tube surgically placed in his trachea. He will also have his feeding tube surgically placed so that he doesn't feel like he's choking on stuff all the time. This will be a wonderful change as he will not require sedation to tolerate the assisted breathing anymore. Dad seems to focus and respond to changes around him, but as of now doesn't respond to direct comands like to blink his eyes or squeeze your hand.

From what I understand Dad had a fairly normal night last night, resting peacefully. His blood pressure remains under better control which is a nice change (around 120-130/80-90). I'm also told the nurses have discontinued his arterial line as they didn't trust the pressures it was reading. Thank you all for your kind thoughts and wishes, we all hope he wakes up soon.