Since Thursday, Mom has shown an obvious improvement in her speech and capability for understanding conversation going on around her. Her medication had been changed and that which she received in ICU has pretty much worn off. She spoke 4-6 word sentences coherently and fluently. Mom has yet to prove she can swallow without any risk of aspiration occuring. Can you imagine how dry her mouth feels? Remember when Esau gave up his inheritance for a meal? Mom is pretty much there. After clipping her toes nails, she sarcastically asked if I could manage to now get her a glass of water. The toenails just wasn't that high on her needs list you might say. She has a few more humorous comments when Shea, I and our wives were there.
No coughing has been heard from her since Thursday. The fluid in the lungs is clearing up, praise God! The infection is progressing positively. Please continue to pray about these two issues as they could easily send Mom back to the ICU.
Soon, Dad will have another website that will tell you a lot more about Connie Skeele. Six years ago, Marty and I sincerely wanted to know more about our ancestrial history, good and bad. Our objectives were to have stories in writing to pass on to future generations. Mom thoroughly documented answers to 160 questions and gave to all of her children a 200+ bibliography sufficiently fulfilling our requirement and expectations. Dad will be sharing some of this in Mom's own words.
God bless you all.