Friday, July 2, 2010 5:05 PM, MDT

Today was a bit of a waiting game, with all the sedatives he had yesterday Bill was pretty sleepy today. This afternoon I think he was hearing me talk, I could see his eyes moving under the eyelids. He is breathing well on the trachea and they will start to ween him off of the ventilator as he wakes up.
 He will have dialysis tomorrow.
 His sores on his skin are starting to heal. We think that the sores on his skin are also all over his insides as well, the hope is that those are healing too.

The weather here was cool and cloudy today, only in the 60's the weekend forecast is for 70's and sunshine.

Friday, July 2, 2010 9:11 PM, MDT

We just got back from saying good night to Bill and we did get his eyes to open for a second. He did that a couple of times.  He should be even more awake tomorrow and we can get back to work.

Saturday, July 3, 2010 7:30 PM, MDT

Bill stayed 'awake' for an hour today. He is tolerating more food in his stomach and is off the penicillin for the meningitis, but still has 2 more antibiotics in him. That will all be done on Tuesday. Bill also moved his arms of his own accord.

Our new friend, Harriet Biedscheid, took us out to lunch to an ancient Perkins and took us on a beautiful drive along the highway to Helena.

I had decided that I needed to go home by the end of July. My kids were going to start school in mid august. When I mentioned to the doctors that I wanted to take Bill home by the end of July they kind of laughed at me and said that might be doable. I had decided that I was bringing him home whatever that would take.

We still had plenty of support from the friends that I had made while in the waiting room of the ICU. We supported each other and was cheering each other on. We were so happy when one of our friends were healthy enough to move out of ICU, it was also hard to watch them go while we were still there. The girls continued to see the girl who had surgery even when she was moved to another floor. It was a nice distraction for them to talk with another teenage girl about teenage girl things. Her family was also a huge comfort to me.

Harriet was so good to us. She is an amazing woman who has not had an easy life herself. Her visits were always welcome. She is an inspiration to me.