Ron is a little more alert and awake today.  He does remember some of yesterday, like Dave, AJ, and Laura Donnell being here.  The doctor was here before I got here, today, but the nurse told me things look better on the CT scan.  The lungs have patches instead of being all white.  His hemoglobin is up to 9 today from 8.8 yesterday.  His potassium and all are fine.  Daily blood sugars are fine.  He's still on 40% O2, and staying at 96% saturation. 
 
The nurse said the Social Worker will probably be in to talk to us tomorrow.  They may be ready for him to go to a rehabilitation facility before too long, so he can start to relearn walking, etc. First he has to get off the ventillator, etc., but it was good to hear about the next steps.  I don't think he'll be going anywhere for at least a week.
 
He's still getting frustrated at not being able to talk, and doesn't like to give us one word at a time.  He's still coughing up a bunch, and wakes himself up sometimes with a coughing fit.  He coughed so hard today, he popped the vent tube off again.  I just put it back on, so the nurse didn't have to come. 
 
Thanks everyone for all your prayers and get-well wishes!
 
Love,
EJ