Christmas Day Update

Merry Christmas!

I don't have much of an update today. Things are slow at the hospital. He had a good night. He was up in the recliner this morning doing a practice breathing test. The nurse said that he had been on it for an hour and was doing good. I am not sure if they would consider taking the ventilator out without putting in the temporary trach at this point. It was nice to see he was improving though. The white blood cell count went up very slightly today. Not a massive increase which is good. The kidney numbers came down just a little. Last evening he was trying to cough up some of the stuff in his lungs. They said that was a good sign. The lung x-ray looked better today as well. Overall we are making progress! It is just going to be slow from here on out.

One thing that was encouraging today was that he wanted to read the Christmas story first thing. That has always been a tradition in our family. The nurses went and found a Bible for him. David read it. It is such a wonderful story for all of us to remind us that God has a plan. I am sure that this was not the plan that Mary had for her life. But her willingness to follow the will of God gave all of us the opportunity to be called a child of God and have the hope of an eternal life with Him. God has been so good to us and we know that His plan is the best.

We hope that you have a wonderful Christmas.

Thanks for the prayers!!!