[NFBWV-Talk] update on Bruce

[karenswauger134 at gmail.com]

please keep him in your prayers they said he only has 10% function of his heart and it is enlarged. now this could have been a case for several years you know we don't know but my dad has only 25% use of his and he still is you know living somewhat after 7 years almost 8 years. so although 10% is very low and they said there's nothing they can do but I've read there's medication that can increase it so I'm going to look into that. but he still should be able to you know function as he was. he has a fractured hip broken ribs and his pelvic ring bones are broken but they're not going to do any surgery so pray for him on the pain level. I am so happy he's off the ventilator, I can't wait till I can hear his voice when he gets out of ICU and into a room hopefully within a few days. he is on oxygen and medication for the pneumonia. he's resting comfortably and the nurse has relayed messages to him from me and he has responded accordingly so he is you know coherent and everything after coming off the ventilator. his family, which is his brother-in-law and I'm sorry. his family that means his brother and sister-in-law are on their way up to visit him from Oklahoma. I don't know if they're driving or flying they're not really forthcoming with any information to me so I just text them if they ever want to they respond. now his brother is 80 years old so I don't know if he's trying to drive or what they're doing I have not heard anything. thank you for your prayers keep them coming. I had a horrible night the other night when his sister-in-law told me they weren't giving him any hope I don't know where she dreamed that up from but it just about sent me into cardiac arrest! but when I called ICU the nurse said they don't know where anybody got something like that that was not the case. but when his sister-in-law called and told me that she was ready to take him off the ventilator and let him die the way she acted but anyway thank goodness she was wrong.