Jeff has been resting very well since being moved to UAB's Palliative Care Center. They are managing all of his meds. With the combination they are using he is resting when he sleeps. He is asleep all most all of the time, waking for a very few minutes at the time.

This morning maybe around 5:30 a.m. he wrote me a note that he had had enough rest. I asked him if he wanted to get up and sit in a chair and he nodded yes. When he sat down in it which was a good way from his oxygen I could tell he was in pain. They pain was in the right side of his chest. They nurse checked it and shortly thereafter the doctor checked it. They took a chest x-ray and told us this afternoon that he has pneumonia. We had been told that we would have to make the decision whether to give anti-biotics or not. When they called with the test results we chose to give him the med.

He does seem to be failing fast. Please pray for him and for us.
Carolyn Ryder