hi this is Abigail,
I'm visiting again second time today, dad is now in room 6110 ICU west. he has an air face mask on and they are monitoring him. they just did more suctioning. he has been responding and looked at me as soon as i walked in the room. he has been trying to get this very tight mask off with no success. the nurse took the mask off before doing suctioning, and he gave me a big smile. he was fighting with the respiratory specialist i had to hold his hands down, very strong.  he's grimacing at this situation, the air mask is very tight. but he has held and squeezed my hand and i have reassured him he's going to make it through this. i told him he may have pneumonia and he's being given antibiotics for it and this is a breathing treatment. he looked at me in the eyes and listened i  think he understood and i said your going to pull through this, don't worry. i think this helps ease his mind. he's nearly asleep now. i'll go home tonight and come back in the AM and talk to Anne Finkelstine.