It's time for my update, and the news is still fabulous! When I walked into the room this morning for the first visiting hour, I was surprised to find that he looked even better than last night. And imagine my shock when he was awake and speaking (and more lucid than he is when he is well)! Unfortunately, that speaking continued, and when I went in between visiting times to accompany a visiting minister friend of the family, Dad was being a smart ass cranky cantankerous old man. It was nice to see that Dad was himself again.

At the second and third visiting hours, he continued to show improvement. His blood pressure, which is always sky high, is still fluctuating, and he's still on a very low dose of a medicine which controls his heart rhythm, but he's making tremendous strides. He's very tired and not sleeping, but by the end of tonight's last visiting time he was actually beginning to relax, and maybe even snore a little (but he'll deny that to his far-in-the-future dying day).

The fabulous night nurse Heather assured us that he is doing well, and she's fairly confident that he'll be moved to a regular room sometime tomorrow (just as soon as he's completely off the rhythm meds).

In all, it was a very positive day with good news and even a little joking and levity. Dad yelled at us to stop making him laugh as it causes his chest to hurt, but he certainly had a twinkle in his eye more than once. I want to again thank you all for your continued messages of support. They mean a lot. More news to follow...

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