Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Day 17 - 6pm Update

Three in a row!

Our patient continues to improve daily. He stayed sitting up and breathing on his own until midnight last night. And was back in the recliner and breathing on his own by 8am this morning. In honor of the Indianapolis 500 race on Memorial Day, Phil also made four victory laps around the ICU nurses station today. Vitals are holding strong, pneumonia appears to have subsided, and his spirits are up.

The plan for exiting ICU continues to flex. Rhonda isn't certain whether he will go into a regular room before the rehab facility, or whether rehab is even still necessary. Those decisions are still 2-4 days away and dependent on his progress.

Keep those comments and letters coming!

4 comments:

  1. Woohoo! That is the best news yet. Prayers will continue.

    Love ya,
    Erin

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  2. Amazing!!! Still in my thoughts and prayers!
    Wendy

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  3. Phil has always been a champ even when he was a little boy, I could tell you some stories. This is his sister and I can't be any more excited to be able to read the news that is written daily about Phil's recovery. I've been able to visit him 3 different times and it tore me up to see him down. My brother does not go down easy but when he is ready he comes up popping and cracking. Love to you my little brother.

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