June 21th (ish) - My brother received a message from the doctor dad was admitted under. Dad took a turn for the worse and had very low 02 levels and they couldn't get it to come back to normal levels. They ran some tests to try and figure out what was going on. Mom went to the hospital on the 22nd to see dad and talk to the doctor. He had pneumonia and mom said he was very confused and couldn't remember the last 2 days. There was discussion about moving him to the ICU but because dad has a DNR they decided to keep him where he was. It was touch and go but he made it through the weekend and called on July 1st to say hello, sounded tired and it was a brief chat. At that point they said he would be in the hospital for another month.
July 13th - Mom texted and said the nurses noticed fluid in dad's lungs again so he was back on IV's. My brother and sister-in-law went up to see him but couldn't wake him. Mom went up on the 14th and said he seemed better and they visited for about an hour. Dad texted this morning and told me that the chest infection was back, I asked him if he was up for a chat but he was too tired.
With everything going on I would think he will be there at least another month from now but I haven't heard anything definite.
What to pray for... Trust in God's plan. I walk almost every morning and that's when I do my praying, but I don't find myself praying for dad to get better because there is no better and I don't want him to suffer. Lewy Body is stealing his life, it's stealing his mind and it's stealing his happiness... so every morning when I walk I just tell God I am trusting in His plan.
What I'm grateful for... my kids are happy and in a good place right now.
