This afternoon Grandpa will be having two more procedures.  They are removing the temporary dialysis port and putting in a "perma-port".  His kidneys are not coming back as quickly as they had originally hoped.  At this point in time it isn't clear whether or not they will come back or whether he will be on dialysis.  The temporary port has to come out, because it has been in for a couple of weeks and they don't want it to become infected.

They are also going to do a procedure to check the status of the healing in his gastro-intestinal system and to determine if there are additional issues.  Not sure what issues they are actually looking for.

He is also having trouble with swallowing food.  He can eat about three bites and then is done.  It is SO HARD to watch, because those three bites completely exhaust him.  They did a swallowing x-ray recently and everything was "normal", but it is still a struggle for him.  They are hoping he can start to get all nutrients through food, but at this point a feeding tube might not be out of the question.

I'm going to go to the hospital to be with Grandma this afternoon during the procedures.  I think Younger Sister is trying to get here as well.

Grandpa has a long road in front of him.  He is slowly getting better.  He seemed tired to me yesterday, but he had walked 20 steps and sat in the chair for a couple of hours. 

It is SO HARD seeing him like this.  It is SO HARD watching Grandma go through this.  It is SO COOL seeing how much they love each other.

Pray for Grandpa.

Pray for wisdom for the doctors.

Pray for peace for Grandma.