Thurs Morning

Saw Dad at 6am, and he was wide awake. Told me he was scared, so explained he had scared us but was doing better. Read a book to him that his granddaughter wrote for him. He asked for his glasses, so brought to 11am visit. At 11am he was starting dialysis. We had to explain to him again why he was in, and why they were working on him. He actually started laughing when we told him his childhood friend Tommy called, and that he reminded Dad about "the skunk story." He also laughed about his sister bathing the dog, and that Higgs didn't like it. He was on zero medications during the visit.

Doctors said that they are going to put in an "umbrella" filter today, in order to catch any potential blood clots in his legs (he apparently has a big one in one leg). They've had to take him off the Heparin blood thinner because his tracheostomy has been bleeding a lot (not uncommon, but wanted to give it time to stop). So please be praying for that procedure, and praying AGAINST the blood clots in his leg(s).

Neurologist said he is not where they WANT to see him, but was very happy about his laughing, long-term memory, and ability to comprehend jokes, etc. Will not be able to do a proper MRI / CT without the dye, and the dye could negatively affect his kidneys--so they are putting that off for now.

As we've said many times before, he is LIGHT YEARS ahead of where he was 11 days ago...but it's a deep forest, and he is still in the trees. We do believe God will continue to heal him, but continually covet all prayers.