Progress Update & Relocation

Dad has been moved out of the cardiovascular intensive care unit (CVICU) over to a step down critical care unit. He's in a very nice room in a new part of the hospital, which we greatly appreciate, but we'll miss the wonderful, sincere staff from CVICU that gave genuine, heartfelt and compassionate care.

Dad is still on life support equipment. The respiratory staff have not continued the CPAP mode treatment on Dad, but say that they are still working towards weaning him off of the breathing machine. It's been 3 days since they last did that and at the moment we don't understand what their strategy is.

Dad has become more alert over the past few days. He still spends most of his time with his eyes closed, seemingly snoozing, but he's definitely spending more time awake and aware of his surroundings. The night time nurse said that on three occasions she felt movement in Dad's right hand, but before we start celebrating, we need to ascertain if this is meaningful, voluntary movement that can be developed, or a primitive, reflexive type of flinch. We're trusting that it's more signs of life.

Dad's complexion is looking good, and his lower right leg (where they took the veins for his bypass operation) is healing up very nicely now. We're so thankful for these small steps of progress, but we need so much more. Please keep praying for all of us.