Another Update

I don't have much time, here. As soon as the boys finish their graham crackers, I need to put them to bed, and then I am going to curl up with a book. But I wanted to update all of you who are interested on Mark's progress. He is at OHSU now. He developed an increase in the fluid on his lungs, and they decided to transfer him up there last night. This morning, his oxygen saturations were in the 5o's. (A normal person sats near 100 percent and would be dead LONG before 50%. Actually, even the low 90s are worrisome for a normal person, but Mark's norm in the mid to high 70s.) Hydrated oxygen and pressure cuffs on his legs seem to have helped quite a bit though. His saturations are back up, and his color looks a lot better. He is still very tired, and getting up to the bathroom leaves him panting and coughing, but he is moving in the right direction. He's still on morphine for the chest pain, but not so much that he can't carry on a brief conversation. More tomorrow.