Dad Missed St. Vincent's...

... So he went back yesterday. Ugh.

Eddie & Tina brought over some groceries from Sam's Club (thank you!!), and found Dad in his bed without the strength to get himself up (although concious, thank goodness)... He was so weak, and short of breath. Nurse Tina took his blood pressure, and found that it was about 60/32 - SO low! They immediately knew they needed to get him back to the hospital, so Eddie called Steve Davis to come over and help him get Dad down his condo stairs. They brought him to the ER and he was immediately admitted with that low of blood pressure. The docs hooked him up to an IV immediately to get some fluid back into his body - They "think" that since his esophagus is still super skinny, that he wasn't getting the proper nutrition.

I spoke to Dad this morning, and he reported the following: The hospital was "full" last night, so he thought he was going to have to spend the night in the ER, but they moved him to "the Ritz Carlton of hospital rooms" yesterday evening (4th floor South, I think) - He said he could host a party of about 15-20 in his huge room... He has a couch & 2 chairs, a "wet bar" (better not be stocked, ha) and a flat screen TV... Says if he has to be there, he doesn't mind that room! The results of his CT scan last night showed that he is still suffering from Pnuemonia, bummer - therefore, they now have him on IV antibiotics. He is supposed to be having his esophagus stretched again as we speak (10:30am CST), so hopefully that will help him to feel better. Other than that, he hadn't seen a doctor yet when I spoke to him to get any sort of timeline as to how long he'll be there this time...

He was planning on having lunch with Hugh Thomas tomorrow at The Foundry. He was looking like he was strong enough to go over the weekend, but we'll see where we stand after this hospital visit...

Love you all! Keep praying - Mostly for an attitude adjustment for the old man!!!

XOXO Hallie