Day # 6 (Part I)

Thank you SO much for the outpouring of prayers, thoughts, and love directed towards our father and family. When you stand in my father's room in the ICU it feels like you're standing on holy ground.
 
In the way of an update, quite a bit happened this morning! Dad was taken in first thing for another CT scan and the results were very positive. His brain had been pushed to the side 1.6 cm from the pressure created from the hemorrhage and now his brain has shifted nearly back to normal.  Hopefully the phrase, “that guy’s just a little left of center” won’t apply to my father for very much longer. J
 
Today also started my father’s first regimen with Physical Therapy…  A team of physical therapists had him out of bed and moving (this blows my mind – and they’ll be doing this twice a day for the next little while).  He’s very weak on his left side.  This could mean a lot of physical therapy in dad’s near future.  He’ll be thrilled…
 
A concern is that he’s still dependent on the ventilator for breathing.  He’s just not waking up enough to breathe on his own.  Even though he’s making wonderful progress, responding to questions, giving hand squeezes, and moving both sides of his body, he’s still got some work to do to get out of the ICU, and getting rid of the ventilator is priority one for right now. 
 
Finally, my mother is holding up well.  I’m amazed at what a pillar of strength she is - Truly an elect lady. 
 
Again, thank you for your thoughts and prayers.  They make all the difference! 

I’ve included one of my favorite pictures of my dad from my childhood.  He spent over two years in the Cook Islands as a young man, and yes, he did catch this shark (as he tells it with a rope, hook, and rotten fish).  You can only imagine the thoughts that crossed my young mind when I first saw this picture of my Old Man - Yeah, he’s pretty cool!