Sunday, June 14th

Gene is pretty tired again today.

Apparently he didn't sleep much last night. For some reason his alarm kept going off. We don't have a good explanation about why. One nurse suggested hiccups were causing it. Anyway he has slept a lot today. His ventilator setting were very low, but he started having some trouble so they bumped the settings up a bit. Mom and I were remembering that Dr. Shome told us to expect some ups and downs as he is weaned from his ventilator, and encouraged us not to get upset when he appears to have a set back. So we were trying not to.

He had a bit of temperature tonight. Since we are not doctors, that was a little alarming for us. His nurse promised that she'll keep a close eye on him.

Angela is his nurse tonight and she home schools her two children, a daughter 10 years old, and a son 7 years old. She wants to have Dad talk about his WWII experiences with them. When we told him he just beamed!

We are hoping to hear something from the Shepherd Spine Center tomorrow or Tuesday.

Prayer Requests:
Please pray for Dad to to regain his respiratory strength, especially that his strength in his right diaphragm will return. Pray for his temperature to return to normal. Pray that Gene will have the strength to face this battle, and that Emily will have the strength she needs in the coming weeks and months.