Thursday August 6, 2009 3:37 P.M.

Dad's status really hasn't changed much since yesterday. The Doctors' ordered an ultra sound of his kidneys, but we are sill waiting for the results. The Doctor removed some more of Dad's stitches. Dad does have some infection in the incision on the side of his neck. The Doctor is making him rinse his mouth out with white vinegar to sterilize the wound. When Dad swishes the vinegar around in his mouth, it comes out the incision on the side of his neck. I know it's pretty gross, but leave it to Dad to make a joke about it. He wrote on his board:

On a level headed man,

tobacco juice runs out

both sides of his mouth

I guess he thinks he's not level headed since it's only coming out of one side of his neck.

The bleeding has slowed some from the chest incision today, but Dad has been in more pain. He's been more restless and even though the bleeding has slowed his chest is really hurting him and he has been concerned about the weakness he has in his left arm. We try to reassure him that it's just going to take time to get strength back in that arm.

His oxygen level has been lowered to 45% on the Bi-vent and his blood O2 stats have been staying in the 94 - 96 range. Hopefully this is a sign that the blood clots are dissipating. Dad is on a continuous drip insulin and a continuous drip feeding tube. This has leveled out his blood sugar so far.

Again the family would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone for their kindness during this very difficult time and for all the prayers. It really means a lot to all of us.