Starting to decline further

Dad now has hiccups all the time, and is very congested. His coloring has changed for the worse in the past hour or two, and we really don't feel like this will last much longer. As hard as this is, we just want him to find peace after an incredibly hard-fought battle.

They've started a bunch of new medications to keep him comfortable (steroids, hiccup medicine, stronger doses of pain meds and higher dose of ativan). We think we'll all be staying up here tonight.

Thanks to Dee and Marlin for the great sloppy joes. I brought them up to Brookestone, and shared them with everyone in the room. And then thanks to Bill and Shirley for going home and turning off the crock pot that I had left on in the kitchen.

I will be updating the blog this evening as anything changes.