Update #40

Yet another productive Day for dad. He is breathing more and more in his own everyday. Dad was exposed to about 6 hours of the Trach - Collar today and did really well. Remember that with this dad is not getting the positive pressure from the ventilator and is virtually breathing on his own With the collar. Dad is back in the vent to help ease him in to breathing on his own and give him a break from today’s breathing trial.

Dad is making tremendous Steps forward!! Doctors have began discussing the options of dad being moved out of the hospital. They are discussing rehab site options that will best suite dads needs. More and more dad is no longer needing the ICU treatment and attention. Once dad reaches that point where he doesn’t need the ICU anymore he will go to a special site where staff specializes in the care of patients with a tracheostomy and a ventilator. Whichever site he goes to they can completely attend to his physical therapy recuperation needs as well as medical needs. This info Will be published as soon as I get the details.

The medical updates will slowly dwindle in details and occurrences. Doctors are repeatiNG themselves, in a good way, as dad pushes through this. The better dad gets the less information I will have to put out. As time and dads condition progress there may be a day with out an update. Please be patient, I will not leave you all uninformed. I will post as usual the with big movements and what not. Any questions comments or concerns please reach out.

Thank you to the musician who played music for dad, I’m certain he enjoyed it based off my conversation with staff who assisted. Thank you to those who joined and were able to listen to some music with dad and share that connection.

Cards! Those who are wishing to forward dad a card or gesture of sort can do so. Please email me if you would like a forwarding address and I can send you mine. I can collaborate everything together in some manner for dad to view. With the pandemic it is clear rules have changed with hospital, hence the no visitation. With that said staff needs a sterile environment as a whole. Out side objects entering and exiting the hospital need to be thoroughly vetted and isn’t allowed at this point. I will assume this role and collect everything for dad.

One more thing, since dad is doing well and able to see and follow movements I want to do a video message. So at this point, for those that are willing to participate please record a 10-15 second video for dad. Let him know who you are and tie your voice to the visual image of you. Tell him hello, I love you And more. Just let him know we are here for him and that fact that he is slowly overcoming this phenomenal battle. Once you gather your clip send it to me via email and I will consolidate it into one large video for him to view. I will do mine with my wife and allow the kids to do theirs so he can hear each voice. How ever you choose to do this is your choice. I will anticipate a turn in date around next week sometime. The quicker you submit your clip to me the more I can doctor everything up so he can see it. There is a massive amount of supporting member on the site for dad. Way to much for me to contact each person and determine if you want to submit a clip. If you need help let me know and we can arrange it.

Till next time...