Day 25: PEEP 5!

Yesterday was day 25.

And you excited us with a whole new step forward: Your PEEP is now lower than ever at 5! This has been the milestone they wanted you to get to!

If you can just hold here for a little while, and if your blood gasses show that you're taking in enough O2, exhaling enough C02, then they'll begin letting you try unassissted breathing at increasing intervals.

Also key to this process, Dad -- your being able to be calm as they take your sedative down. They've had to up your daily dose of sedative by 1mg in order to get you calmer these last few days. Your agitation leads to high blood pressure and that is counteractive to the recovery you need your lungs to make.

So everyone reading this: Let's redirect our prayers, energies, focus and thoughts. Dad's vitality is coming back. And I believe the active prayer has been a huge factor in his healing. Let us now focus on removing the uncomfortable buzz from around Dad. Calm the bursts of confusion. Ask for comfort. Tell him his desire to jump out of the bed is best served by lying still.

And breathing. Breathing. Breathing....