Monday October 18, 2010

John continues to struggle with the meds not holding, the congestion and coughing. He slept until 5:30am but then asked me to move him out to the couch. His hips and back get sore and moving to the couch seems to help. However, then he was coughing badly so we went through a number of sitting up and laying down excercises until about 7:30 when he finally drifted off to sleep and slept for 3 more hours. The day today was never good, but not as bad as the really bad days. However, bedtime tonight was awful again. The meds just do not hold until then and by the time I get him into bed he is panting for breath and the his muscles, especially in his arms are very spastic. He would just start to relax and then would go into a coughing spell and have to sit up and then we would start all over again. It is now nearly midnight and I have just left him and he is settling down. He said to me tonight, "How much worse can this get?" And I do not have an answer for that.
  Please pray for better bedimtes!!!

Two thumbs down for sure.