Day 5

Jen & I have learned throughout this process that things can change day by day, hour by hour or minute by minute. I had the chance to spend a few hours with R this morning. I noticed when I first arrived that some of his vitals looked to be a little off from what they had been running, but with a little medicine and a treatment, they all came back to within good ranges. I was pleased to hear that his body was able to get rid of some of the fluid he had been retaining over the past few days. Not all of it is gone, but it is a good sign. The doctors mentioned during rounds that they believe the fluid loss has come from both some of the tissue in the body and some from the vascular system. This afternoon, R was given some blood to replenish any lost blood cells. They hoped that this would bring some of his vitals back to better levels.

Jen had the chance to spend some time this evening with R. She said that he looked better. All of his vitals looked good and his CO2 levels were much lower than they had been - he was breathing better. We are hoping that he continues to respond to the treatments on his lungs and that he could be taken off of the ventilator around mid-week.

There are a few things that we will be praying for until our next post:
- that R's vital signs continue to be stable
- that R's lungs will clear up, his body can get rid of retained fluids and he can come off of the ventilator
- that anything that might hinder, slow down or be a distraction to R's recovery would be eliminated

We count it a privilege to be a part of R's life and lift him up in our prayers. Thank you for joining us on this journey.