Richard Status Update

[dreamshark]

I stopped at the hospital on the way to work. They've been saying that he's doing fine, but he doesn't look fine to me. Not worse than he was, but not much better either. They originally said 4-7 days in the hospital, but it's Day 5 now and he is still in the ICU. He's off the IVs and breathing machines (except for a small nose feed for O2), but still having enough trouble breathing that he can barely talk. His O2 level is hovering around 90-95 (should be close to 100%). This was just fine 2 days ago, but I don't understand why it isn't getting better. He clearly won't be coming home before Friday, and he thinks the doctor suggested that he might need to go to an intermediate care facility for a week before coming home. :-(