My father in law just arrived at UAB Hospital in B’ham a few minutes ago. Will post down below most of what Blair typed earlier today. I have pneumonia & am taking care of the girls tonight & in the morning. I cannot just have one problem at a time….

Blair’s bulletin from this morning:
My last update told you that Dad would be allowed to go home on Sunday afternoon if he had a good night on Saturday night and a good morning Sunday morning. He had neither. Due to the lack of heart function, he is retaining too much fluid. Though they are giving him diuretics, the heart is not pumping with enough strength to get the fluid circulated through the kidneys and out. Saturday night, I stayed with him, and he had quite a long coughing fit as he tryed to get his breath. All I could do was pray for him, pray with him, and help the nurse. The nurse finally decided to give him some oxygen, and that helped a bit.

Sunday morning, Dad was told that he would not be going home as he had hoped. He began to negotiate with the doctor… he asked if it would be possible to go home for a day or two instead of staying home until Friday. The doctor told him, “When you are well, you can come back and yell at me. Until then, I am going to make the best decisions possible even if you don’t end up liking them.” The family was happy because we didn’t want him sending Dad home in the first place. The doctor told us he would speak with UAB on Monday morning and see how quickly they could get Dad in.

The doctor came in this morning and told the family that Dad would be transported to UAB today. If we can get him up there soon enough, they will conduct some tests and do bypass surgery tomorrow. Regardless, they will be doing surgery as soon as possible.