Tuesday April 27th

This has been quite an eventful 24 hours!
We have been in St. Francis since last night. Dave began having trouble breathing and was having chest pains, so we brought him in to be assessed and to get some relief. They gave him a breathing treatment and followed with oxygen for a couple of hours; when he was stable they moved him to Medical ICU. The doctor was here at 1:30 this morning and stayed for quite awhile. We have decided that for the time being, radiation is not in Dave's best interest and after all of the blood work and assessments are complete we will decide if chemo is still an appropriate measure as well. He is comfortable today and is eating solid food....his thought processes, both receptive and expressive seem to be fairly normal, but in slow motion. His oxygen is normal and steady.
If you call, please call my phone (250-5963), or e-mail me at cpettay@att.net. Please do not call Dave on his phone, because he needs his rest. Visitors are fine but in small increments of time.....(Dave is very frail.) We are in a holding pattern here...and will see what the day brings.....We know that he does have some pneumonia and that is being treated with IV antibiotics, other than that we will just have to wait.....The doctor will be in sometime today.
Thank you for your many blessings.....Dave needs your prayers.