As I am writing, I am sitting with Grandaddy in the hospital. He’s a little better than he was when he first came here last Saturday, but we haven’t seen much change over the week.
His doctors are considering inserting a chest tube tomorrow to help his lungs fully expand. On the one hand, I hate for him to go through the procedure and recovery, but the most important thing is for his breathing to become easier. He can’t get a deep breath right now and it’s causing multiple problems.
I am praying that the chest tube will not be necessary because he would be bed-ridden while it is inserted. Although he is virtually bed-ridden now, I was hoping that PT could get involved and he would be able to work on regaining some of his strength in the next few days. Every day that he is in bed will require more and more time to recover physically.
If it is determined that the best decision is to move forward with the chest tube, then, of course, this is the direction we will go in. We will deal with the consequences after we resolve the immediate lung issues.
Please pray especially for Grandaddy and for our peace that we are doing everything possible to treat his illness and to keep him as comfortable as possible.
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