Dad is spending most of the day today asleep. We are all thinking that he maybe overdid it yesterday. He was on the cPap for about 18 hours yesterday. This was very good but it was alot. He as not been on cPap at all today. His oxygen is still at 55% and his PEEP is at 8. We also found out that his white blood cell count was up to 19 today. Ugh. We felt like we were making progress yesterday and just stepped backwards today.
Everyone is telling us that this is part of the process - part of "the dance". So Mom and I are again looking for things to be thankful for.
Mom is thankful that he is doing much better today than he was last Thursday (when they intubated him).
We are thankful for how close this is bringing our family.
We are thankful for place that he is. He is receiving great care from the nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists, physical therapists. etc. etc.
We are also thankful that he is in Omaha so that Jen and I can help Mom more with his care as well as be with her during all of this.
We are thankful the rest of us are staying healthy.
We are so thankful for the love that is outpouring from family, friends, church family, co-workers, etc. These encouraging words via cards, emails, comments, texts etc. are awesome for Dad but they are spurring us on as well.
We are thankful that the Lord is so faithful. We are thankful for His joy in the midst of really hard situations. We are thankful that "His power is made perfect in our weakness". 2 Corinth 12:9
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13
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