ICU - Day 5

Hello,My lovely cousin Michele created this blog for me as I would have no clue how to do this myself. She said she felt "helpless" so she decided to help us create a blog so we could keep people informed. I think it's a nice idea. I know other people may feel helpless too, but honestly we are here and still feel helpless. I do have some good updates though. Dad is not supposed to talk on his respirator as it disrupts the oxygen and all that jazz. He doesn't have a voice anyway when he does talk, but he tries to mouth every now and again. Today he smiled at me and mouthed "I love you." I told him mom was here too and he said "I love her too and Bucky." I said the nurses and doctors were taking very good care of him and he said "They torture me all day." I told him that all we do is sit and watch him and asked if that was okay. He shook his head yes and said "All the time." When I tried to explain that we couldn't be here at night he said "Yes you can." I finally agreed with him because he was getting a little anxious about it. They just came in to do a weaning test to see if he could breath okay without the respirator. I'll have those updates and hopefully others soon. Mom and I cried, of course, when he said that he loved us. We were so happy to see that he was alert and okay. He isn't getting much rest, probably because they "torture" him. Ha. The staff is really wonderful and caring here and we are starting to see some progress. Now usually when I say this we take a couple of steps back, so I hope I don't "jinx" him. Thanks for all of your prayers and thoughts and concern. We certainly aren't close to out of the woods, but we are starting to see some sunshine through the trees!