June 6 visits

Sue and Ken came in from Clarksville and had a good visit with Mom and saw Dad for both the morning and afternoon visit. Betsy drove up from Atlanta for the day and saw Dad at the morning visit and stayed for lunch. These visits are so uplifting for Dad and for all his family.

This morning we took a flag and a great picture of Utah Beach on D-Day...It's the picture that we always say we know Dad is in if we could just zoom in! We made sure all his nurses saw the picture and taped the flag to his ventilator pole!

This afternoon and this evening he was much more alert. It turns out that his ventilator settings have been turned down again - so he doesn't have to be on the sedative. He's breathing mostly on his own again with just some air pressure support. We had some good communication. I'm beginning to get a bit of a handle on lip reading (a skill that Dad has always had!) Dad is moving his right arm, and at one point asked Mom to pull on it to give him some resistance!

Today's visitors included:
Dr. Carver, Emily, Sue and Kenneth Palmer, Alan, Lynn, Liga, and Mia.

Today's prayer requests:
For Dad's lungs to clear and for him to see some progress in his arm and hand mobility.

Thank you to everyone for your support and prayers.