Whatever was going on with Bill yesterday is over. Abby said he started perking up in the afternoon after I left, but he didn't even remember that I had been there, asking her if I was coming. He ate some peanut butter crackers, but she didn't know how much dinner he ate because she got busy and the trays were picked up before she was free.

Anyway, he woke up when I got there this morning and was back to his old self. He ate most of his breakfast and did a pretty good job with lunch. For most of the morning it was a pretty uneventful day. They have started doing the physiotherapy, but they are just putting his bed in percussion mode. It shakes him different ways for about 15 minutes. They start it when they start a breathing treatment.

His oxygen was set on 40 for both the mixture and the flow, but the tech bumped him up after breakfast. He had been moving around and poked and prodded, and he wanted to make sure he rebounded well. He said if he did OK, he would take him back down.

When the pulmonary drs. came in we got a real surprise. Dr. Sheikh said that he wanted to go ahead and transition him to regular oxygen! They were going to start him at 15 liters, but it uses regular tubing and cannula. So, we waited to see when that would happen.

When physical therapy came in, Bill decided he was too tired to do any, but ended up doing it anyway. They can't be forceful with him, but I can. He did some exercises and then sat on the edge of the bed for quite a while, unaided. He finally said he needed to lean back and just reclined back onto the bed.

Respiratory came in and gave him his next treatment, and while he was still in percussion mode, Abby started his bath. I guess that the step-down unit got slammed today with patients and had no patient care person, so Caleb got pulled from ICU. So, Abby was running around like crazy trying to get everything done for both of her patients. After she was finished, respiratory came back in and switched the oxygen.

I stayed later than usual to see how he did. They did say that if he had problems, they would just switch it back. But, he was staying in the upper 90s and hitting 100% most of the time! We couldn't believe that he didn't even have a transition period for him to get used to the lower amount. He didn't even drop out of the 90s while he was eating dinner! It will be interesting to see how he does through the night.

He also said that he thought he wanted to sit in his chair tomorrow, for most of the day. So, that's the plan, along with working with therapy. Now that he's on a normal cannula, Travis can bring a tank in and maybe Bill can walk a little in the hall, or at least to the door. Since he is in semi-isolation, I don't know if he can leave the room, but he could at least walk around the room. But, if they put a mask on him like they do when they take him for a test, maybe that would work.

So, after yesterday's really bad day, today turned into a super day! Let's hope his night is good and tomorrow is just as good as today!