Wednesday

Dad has had a couple of good days. He has had a parade of therapists and nurses in and out suggesting this and that and performing their mandates. Mom talked to the pulmonologists nurse,(I guess he is just to busy to talk to a "dead man"). The nurse changed his inhaler prescription to eliminate the Ipratropium bromide. We will see if it has any effect on his breathing. Tonight I asked him if he could tell a difference and he said that there might be a slight change. Mom said that she thought he slept better last night.

I reminded them that the CHF that he has is not reversible and it may be that since his heart is only working at 20% efficiency that he will just have to be careful and watch his salt and fluid intake and watch for edema and other symptoms. We sure don't want to have to go back on lasix.

He looked good tonight and we had a good visit. We are hoping that this weekend will not be too stormy so that Mom and Dad can eat Easter lunch with us. We hope to have a house full.

It has been 98 days since we started this saga. A look back reminds us how far he has come. Where will we be in another 90 days? I don't know, but I enjoyed our time together today.

We are praying for my cousin Sarah's son Andrew, who is having knee surgery in Little Rock Thursday. Andrew is a student athlete at Ouachita and hurt his knee during spring practice. Hopefully it will go well and he will rehab quickly. God's speed Andrew.

God is good!