Sunday update

Just after completing this morning's blog update, a gentleman walked past me in the hallway, whom I recognized from previous visits to the hospital. He was carrying his scriptures and I asked him if he was there to visit a patient. He acknowledged that he was, then he looked at his paperwork and he said he was going to visit Lucas Brown. He was bringing the sacrament to Luke (as he had done during previous hospital stays) and he offered for me to go back in to the ICU with him.....which I of course agreed to. Since ICU visiting hours don't officially start until 9am, and my 6am visits are intended to be brief, the nursing staff was not prepared to see me come in through the back door at 8am. Once they realized why we were there to see him, they agreed to let us go in and we had a very beautiful experience with Luke. After we were done, this wonderful volunteer left and I was then able to stay with Luke again as he began to wake up a bit.
The nurse & I then assisted Luke out of bed and into the bedside chair, and I helped him to eat a couple bites of

Breakfast of champions

scrambled eggs, along with some milk and OJ. He was still exhausted but managed to watch a little bit of TV along the way (this is the first time he has asked for it to be turned on). His throat continues to hurt from the breathing tube, he is still in a lot of pain and he even whispered to me this morning, "am I ever going to get out of here?" I assured him that he was progressing very well and that the doctors/nurses were really pleased with what they saw.
Around 10am, the doctors made their rounds and I was fortunate enough to be there to talk with them. They decided that the 2 drain tubes were ready to come out sometime today and they put in the order for him to be moved out of ICU (unfortunately they're still a bit short on non ICU beds right now). We are very hopeful that once he gets the tubes out and gets into a regular room, he will start to feel even better.

Enjoy this Holy Sabbath day and be sure to hug your family and spend time together.

With love and thanks.

KAAL