March 13 5:55pm

We just visited Neil. Doggone it, his blood pressure is down again. The nurse has started the medication to help bring the blood pressure back up. He is only on 1 milligram right now. The nurse did say he anticipates it might take a bit more medication to assist the blood The perplexing thing is Neil's heart rate is down. Typically, when blood pressure goes down, the heart rate goes up. Neil's oxygen sat is at 96. It had dropped but recovered nicely. The nurse is wondering if this is the beginning of an infection. He has sent the tip of a catheter down to the lab to culture. I asked about a temperature. Neil does not have a temperature now. The nurse said usually a temperature would follow these other symptoms. Again, we are so pleased Neil continues to respond to this ventilator setting. Maybe this is one of those baby steps backward. I cannot wait to see the two steps forward. Please pray for Neil' s lungs if you have a minute. Thanks so much to each of you,