Tuesday, November 3rd - 1:00 PM

So many ups and downs.
Two steps forward, one step back.
Gary's blood pressure dropped this morning.
The want it at least 90 (top number).
Alarms were beeping.
They are cutting back on his pain medicine trying to get him more awake
Then....
Temperature of a 101.
Giving him antibiotics.
Drew blood to grow some cultures to see what is wrong.
48 hours to get cultures back.
Some kind of infection.
Doing chest X-ray now - checking lungs.
They are feeding him directly into the stomach.
That's good.
They may take out the tube that is sucking out his stomach (taking out bile).
That will be good too.
Like the fact that some tubes are going away.
He has his wedding ring back on - Steph is happy about that.
They also shaved him - she likes that too :)
It's the little things that are helping right now.
I'm working on setting up a fund at National City.
They are calling me back
It will be called "Gary's Fight".
When I get details, I will post under the heading "donations".
Also, finding out about fundraisers.
I will list each fundraiser under it's own headline so you can click on it quickly.
My husband, Terry, and his many fishing buddies are setting up a fishing tournament on 11/22.
More details will be forthcoming - Josh and family - THANK YOU.
Trach is working.
They may try to "collar" it today - that way it will be easy to ween him off it.
In all this madness I am wondering when was the last time I told Gary I loved him.
Was it in a card?
Was it a quick "love ya" when I hung up the phone.
Well I love you big brother.
I will tell you this everyday of your life WHEN you pull through this.