New Drug

So before I get started, I want to add some thanks to my brother Gale and his wife, Toby. I opened some mail last night and found a nice check from them also. Thank you so much. I appreciate all you have done for us. Toby is actually coming to Denver January 14th - 21st to help me. So thank you in advance for that also Toby.

My parents made it to Denver yesterday afternoon and they brought our dogs. I had really missed the dogs. It was good to have them back. I enjoyed seeing my parents too. They will be here till we know Ken is better.

So yesterday was a good day. They were able to turn his oxygen level down to 65%, so small improvement. He is holding on. The docs decided to try a different drug yesterday. It is oral, 3 times a day, so they say it will be three days before we know if it makes a difference. I called my nephew, Dr. Ben, a pharmacist, to see what it does. Seems it is a fancy blood thinner, or actually, it opens the blood vessels so the blood and oxygen can flow better. It has been used in some lung injury patients. Our nurse said she read that it used to be popular before plavix and it is seeing some come back. I am hoping it helps. We need a miracle. It makes sense that it should open the vessels in his lungs so he can get more oxygen for healing. The drug has very few side effects, so they wanted to try it. Time will tell.

Our lungs take so long to heal. Every small step is a blessing. And you are all a blessing as well. Your prayers are helping. Ken has 2 nurses today. He has usually had two during the day shift and one at night. They need to stay in here at all times with the oscillator. They are taking very good care of him. I am just watching at this point. Most of the nurses and doctors are looking at me with sadness and I am just looking back, with sad determination. Ken hasn't given up and neither have I, God hasn't given up, nor the doctors. We are all still fighting and there is still hope. We are hanging onto that hope. May you have a blessed day. Stay strong with me.

Bev