Thought I would give you guys an update. Well everything was going good, I got to talk to my grandpa on Christmas, so that was good, he didnt sound great obviously but he sounded better than I expected. Well yesterday morning, which would be sometime Monday evening in the States, my wife informed me that things turned down hill. The tube that was supposed to be causing his lung to reinflate had quit working. I dont really know how its supposed to work. Anyway, he had a hole in his lung and it wasnt healing, so more air was getting into his chest cavity, making things worse, but he still was ok. Well, this morning my platoon leader brought me a Red Cross message. You can imagine what its like getting woke up at 2am by a warrant officer holding a piece of paper that says Red Cross Message in big bold letters across the top. They had to put him on a BiPap machine (?) and on oxygen. From my understanding this was a breathing machine that increased pressure to force the air into his lungs at intervals to keep him breathing. Well things were not looking good at all. Needless to say I didnt get much sleep at all last night. So all day today I was really anxious to get an update. Well, tonight I talked to my wife for a few minutes, the connection was horrible, but she said he was doing much better, was off the BiPap machine, and was up moving around and had his morning cup of coffee for the first time in several days. He will be meeting with a surgeon in the next day or two to see about getting the hole in his lung fixed. Things went from being really bad to really good considering the situation. I want to thank you guys for the prayers and concern.
