Sunday, 12:35am...

I am stayinge at the hospital tonight with Ron. Since he is waking up more and still on the ventilatore..he motioned for me to stay with him tonight. I think it puts him more at ease. He has had a rough few hours tonight. He has had a lot of junk in his lungs that they had to suction out several times. It's a tough thing to watch. But I stay tough for him and hold his hand so he can squeeze mine as tight as he wants.
We had hoped the vent would have been out by now but he was still sleeping quite a bit and the doctors felt more comfortable with him being more alert. It just makes it harder being on the vent when he is further a long on the waking up process...which is where we are right now.
He is getting washed up as I write this and starting to calm down a bit. The coughing and suctioning really wear him out. It seems to have subsided for now.
He will receive his last treatment of plasma pherises later this morning to remove the antibodies that are rejecting his heart. He will then have another echo done to see if there has been any further progress in his heart function. More later......