Today has been another pretty good day... He has been coughing quite a bit, still, and did throw up some of his lunch again, but not much.  He ate a good breakfast, lunch, and supper.  He slept well last night, woke up for breakfast, bath, and shave, and then slept most of the morning.  I got here when his lunch was delivered, and he hadn't gotten to order because he had been sound asleep, so they just sent meatloaf and mashed potatoes.  Their food here is really good!
 
They turned off the suction on the chest tube, today, which is one step toward getting that taken out, eventually.
 
Drs. are all happy with his stable heart and lung.  He had some trouble breathing after they had turned off the chest tube suction this morning, so they did a second chest x-ray to make sure his lung had not collapsed again, and it was OK.
 
His white count was good today, but his hemoglobin is still only 7.6... I didn't get to see the medical dr. / pulmonologist to ask about that today.  I hope to tomorrow.
 
I thank God for another good day!  Ron's even being a little impishly ornery, so I know he's feeling better than a couple days ago!  :)
 
Thanks for all the continued prayers, cards, emails, help, and hugs!
 
Love,
EJ