Well things have taken a step or two back. Last week, dad had a bout of diarehhea and ended up with an infection in his stomach. His heart was also being stressed, so he was moved to another rehab center where they focus more on the lungs. Today, he was moved back to ICU. His kidneys are starting stress (apparently from the meds), is on as much oxygen as they can give without being on a ventalator, on a feeding tub again, oxygen mask. Right now, the hip replacement is not the concern. I can't believe how much has changed in 10 days. It is so frustrating and depressing. I haven't been able to sleep tonight so I called over to the hospital and spoke to his nurse. The nurse said "he is definitely not well but holding his own right now." So that was encouraging. Needless to say, we are all stressed out again and battling the major blues.I am heading back on Thursday for the weekend. So if you could say an extra prayer or two, we would greatly appreciate it. The long road to recovery has become a little bit longer in the past few days. Thanks! Grace
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