Saturday Evening

This day ended on a much better note than yesterday. He's breathing much more easily, still on the ventilator, but it's much better today. I noticed that the IV drip he's on to control his heart rate and blood pressure has been reduced. I didn't actually talk to anyone about it, but I think it might mean his heart is better able to maintain itself than it was yesterday. I'll find out more about that tomorrow. He also had two blood transfusions between last night and this morning. His color looks much better and his blood tests are good as
well. Whew.

The other big news I have for this evening is that he responds to extreme pain to his feet. I saw his right foot respond last night but I didn't say anything because I'm trying hard not to get my hopes too high. Anyway, they take a big pair of tweezers and pinch his toenail as hard as they can. So, I think that you or I would find this excruciating and so far Billy jerks his foot. Just a little bit, but enough to make me happier than I've been all week. Anyway, I did not see it but tonight both feet responded. It is still much too soon to know what this means so please keep that in mind. Regardless of how this ends, the fact that he is responding to this is very good.

I feel much better than I did at this time last night. He's still not out of the woods yet. He's still in critical condition and who knows how tonight will go for him. But, today there were lots of little improvements. I will take whatever I can get!