It's been a fairly intense 2 1/2 weeks, from ...

March 02, 2006 by Meg in Lytton

It's been a fairly intense 2 1/2 weeks, from picking up Dad in Florida with Sue, getting him and his car back to Philadelphia on the auto-train and settled in, with day time companions, equipment, and doctors appointments, while trying to get him buit up. His spirit and temperment remained good and game so he started radiation therapy (15 sessions planeed) last week. It was, alas, interrupted by pneumonia, with a rushed trip to the ER and admission to the ICU 6 days ago. He seemed to improve a little over the weekend and was transferred to a regular floor on Tuesday. However, he worsened that night and needed to go back onto the BiPap machine, the next step before intubation, but which he hates. Without it, when it's removed to suction his secretions, he turns blue and his oxygne level plummets immediately. His chest Xray is actually looking worse. He still interacts, though he can't make his words understandable. I think if there's not some improvement soon, his time will be very limited. I will try to post more as events transpire. As Quakers say, please keep holding us in the Light.