July 16, 2009

Gene had a restful night last night.

Today his C-Pap pressure was set down another number to 7, but he was struggling with it by a little before noon. The respiratory therapist set his pressure back up to his night time setting and upped his oxygen to allow him to rest. All of us are reminding ourselves that we've been told to expect some days like this, and that the progress graph on the whole is on an upward trend. His other therapists did not do much work with him today as the efforts centered on getting him back on track with his respiration.

I'm sad to report that Emily and Gene's little dog Mollie is not doing well at all. She has been very sick and frail for the last few days, and has not wanted to eat anything at all. Emily took her to the vet today and has left her overnight.

Grandson Patrick came up to stay a couple of days with MaMa and has helped her with some chores around the house that she wants to get done and visiting with PaPa. It's a wonderful gift for him to come spend his time this way. Emily's sister Joyce also came down for a couple of nights and helped Mom get a couple of pressing chores underway. We are so grateful!

Prayer requests:
Please pray for the setback in Gene's tolerance of decreased breathing pressure to be just temporary, for the pressure sore on his lower back to begin to heal. Pray for Emily and Gene's little dog Mollie and for the next steps the family must negotiate.