Friday, May 9, 2008

More Progress, slowly but surely

Dave is at 45% oxygen now and making forward progress. They tried to lower the pressure at which the oxygen is delivered to his lungs from 8 to 5, but weren't able to do that without putting him into distress, so back up to 8 it went. All of us non-initiated were wondering why they couldn't lower it to 7 then 6 then 5... and so on. However it seems to not be the right practice and so they are following S.O.P. with him.

Please keep Pam in your prayers, her due date for the baby is about a month away now. The nurses let Pam know today that Daves recovery is going to take a long time, even with him making the forward progress. This is another challenge, because of all the questions of who will watch the kids while she's in the hospital delivering and even the participation of her husband in that moment. She's really praying that her husband will be available.

Here we are thanking God for the strength and healing he is giving to Dave and the wisdom the doctors and nurses are showing. We are also praying for Pam, that she will have the peace and courage she needs to keep moving forward and knowing that God, friends and family are there for her, even when those moments happen that just don't feel like it. We all know that He is faithful who promised.

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