Further details

Dad's not out of the critical care ward yet, and is still mostly on a respirator. Thankfully, though, the doctors are now talking about when he'll move to a regular ward as opposed to _if_, so I think the worst has passed. That's as of yesterday, and i'll be getting updated myself in about an hour. A further post shall follow.

This is being posted now because my boss took one look at me this morning and sent me home! She's a nice person...

shinyDan

son of Further Update

Just got off the phone from the unit again. They've confirmed it's COPD (which is chronic bronchitis & emphysema, neither of which is a good thing), that Dad's breathing unaided and his blood pressure's on the way up. Still not out of the woods, but the lumberjack's turned up and is looking ominously at the wolf in the bed.

shinyDan