Thursday, October 21,2010

John did not sleep well last night. I only got a little over 5 hours sleep all told. However, John slept in later this morning and when he woke up, he had a big smile and bright blue eyes. When the meds are not working his one eye closes up altogether and the other one is only half open. So this showed great promise.
And, in fact, he had a fairly good day. I was able to leave him for a half hour and pop downstairs for the Thursday coffee hour. Then in the afternoon Gus came and stayed with him while I went to get his meds for the month and do some grocery shopping.
He is still coughing up phlegm but that is improving too.
However, the 5pm meds did not take hold. I gave him a full dose of extra meds (I usually give a half) instead of his 4:45pm feeding and that seemed to pull him out of it, By his 6:30 meds he was feeling well enough that Margie and I could go out to Curves for 45 mintes and leave him on his own (the centre is only 2 blocks away from the apartment so I can get back quickly if needed).

Thanks for the prayers, encouraging notes etc.

In spite of the slight setbacks, this was such an improvement over the last few days, I will give it a one thumbs up!!