Setback!!

Dear Family & Friends,

Unfortunately I do not have good news to write today.

At about 3:30am this morning (Friday) Grandpa/Dad/Bob went into respiratory failure again. He did not have a good day on Thursday and Grandma noticed his iratic breathing during the night. He collapsed and they called 9-1-1. Ann and Jeff were with them and helped take care of Grandma as well as taking shifts at the hospital.

He is back in the same hospital as before - in intermediate care. Upon arrival he was intubated and sedated. This is the same intensity of care that he was receiving almost two months ago.

Grandma/Mom/Joyce met with the Doctor this morning. They x-rayed Grandpa and found that his pneumonia is back and worse than before. This has all happened since he left the hospital as his x-rays on Tuesday were clear.

The Doctor wants to wait the weekend out to wait for test results before any decisions are made or any other options are explored.

Patti and Kaye flew up to Utah this morning and will be joined by Mark tomorrow (Saturday).

Given the amount of emotion and energy please contact one of the kids (Gene, Dory, Kaye, Patti, Mark or Steven) with questions rather than Grandma/Mom/Joyce...at least for the time being.

Please keep your thoughts, prayers, meditations with Grandpa/Dad/Bob.
Shelly