PROGRESSING SLOWLY

Hi - it's nice to be back in "circulation" again! Thanks, Angela, for keeping the blog going. As Angela mentioned yesterday, the nurses did call me back to the hospital shortly after I left for my first night home. Dave was somewhat "unreasonable" and sometimes"lucid". I was able to calm him down with my sweet presence (ha), but if I even walked away from his bed he was pulling off the mask and trying to go home. I even tried laying with him, but I think I was causing some problems with some tubing - so that wasn't such a great idea. After about 6 a.m. and another night of no sleep I came home and resolved myself to the fact I needed to get some good sleep and he was in wonderful care. All of the this was the result of side-effects from all the meds he has been on when he was put on the ventilator. This should improve as those side-effects wear off. He also went through this disillusionment period while he was in Seattle after his stem cell transplant. As for his lungs, they are better and his oxygen sats are much better. I'll be going back to the hospital this afternoon after a little time here at home. Thank you so much for all your prayers and concerns. Hopefully, if it is God's plan, Dave will be back to his old self soon. Please feel free to e-mail if you have any questions - I'm sure this blog is confusing!