Steady

Today has mostly been steady. His hemoglobin, which indicates whether or not he might be losing blood somewhere has been pretty steady, although it was just a little lower this evening. So they'll keep watching that.

He's been on the BiPAP, and continues on it tonight, although he had several periods off it to do breathing treatments and to get small drinks of water.

He sat up in the chair for an hour or so twice today, and has looked pretty good for most of the day. He was tired tonight, but that was expected since he really didn't rest during the day.

Our two room "suite" is sad because the little girl next door didn't make it. Her family has been with her since we've been here.

At this point I think I'm just functioning by numb exhaustion. I know we still have several more days in here, assuming there are no additional setbacks with Ben's health and that he continues to improve slowly but steadily. Given his earlier challenges, I'm pretty sure they'll be extra cautious in releasing him this time.

We continue to be encouraged by your notes, expressions of support and faith-filled prayers.