Dad isn't out of the woods yet.

On Monday morning he developed pneumonia.  It wasn't unexpected.  It is pretty common in people who have surgery and then aren't able to move at all.

This morning there was also a problem with the tube that was removing bile from his stomach and part of his lung filled with bile.  It was actually dripping out of his mouth.  Unfortunately Mom was there when that happened.  There was quite a bit of work involved in removing that so he is back on sedatives to help him relax.

Today they are hoping to remove the ventilator at some point.  They believe all of the toxins are now out of his blood and are just doing dialysis to remove excess fluid from his body.  They had hoped to remove four liters today, but were happy with the 2.5 liters they did remove.

It is just slow going from here forward.  He is still in intensive care.  Mom is hanging in there.

Pray for both of them.