Very Good Night

Harry had a very good night. He was able to eat a few things so they are changing his liquid diet to a soft foods diet. The endoscopy yesterday went well. They confirmed that there were no strictures and spasms, he simply has a very bad case of esophagitis. It will just take time for him to heal. The healing was considerable from last Friday to yesterday. He is drinking without straws - and that is great. He ate a few bites of scrambled eggs, hash browns and a bite of bacon for breakfast this morning. They have called in a neurologist to see him about the shaking in his leg and hands - it is much better but while we are in the hospital - he just as soon check it out. So now we have to see how the eating goes, how much longer he needs antibiotics and then readdress the bard port and whether it will go in before we leave the hospital or later. Yes I think we can finally see him going home - probably next week.. so the light is at the end of the tunnel I think. He did have a coughing spell this morning but he was not in excruciating pain when it happened. It hurt a little after but they were bringing him his pain medication when I left. So I am very hopeful.

Mona