We had a huge surprise yesterday. Got a phone call from Dad's nurse. He suddenly woke up & was asking for us. We got there & sure enough he was AWAKE!! He wrote things down.. joking & all. Very weak but pretty much aware of most things & a little confused on others. It was great for Doreen (Dad's sister) too as she was with us when the phone call came in & was already going to see Dad.

Another dr came in & he went over things with Dad. & we are going by his wishes... & they are that if he can't breathe, to go on the tracheotomy. So that is what is going to happen. At the same time they put in the trach., they are also going to put in a tube into his stomach so he can be fed that way & get rid of the nasal tube too. He should be more comfortable with it. I'm not sure Dad understood that this will probably be a permanent thing. I think he thinks this will enable him to go home. He was also told that he could die on the operating table & if so, does he want them to try to restart his heart again. Once again he indicated that yes he did. I am so happy that this decision has been removed from us. We are all in agreement there. However, if things don't go right & something happens that Poppa goes into a coma, loses brain function or something like that, we have agreed that no further "heroic" measures will be done. The breathing tube will be coming out in a couple of days. If he cannot breathe on his own, it will be reinserted & surgery will be scheduled a.s.a.p. for the trach & other tube. That's as it stands right now.

We are looking at Dad suddenly waking up like that as a gift to us. Whether it continues or not, we will just wait & see. I'm just sorry that Terry & Wendy didn't have the opportunity to see him like that too. Hopefully he will be awake tomorrow & they can see him tomorrow night if they come.

That's all the info for now.