Sorry for not writing sooner, between work, the boys, visiting dad and Terry being gone, it's been a little difficult to get on the computer. I saw dad on Thursday evening for 5 minutes and he was not doing very good. He had a high fever and the oxygen mask was not doing enough for him. He came down with pneumonia, so between that and the pulmonary contusions, he was putting a lot of strain on his heart and lungs. He seemed very agitated (he was like that since Monday). So they put him back on the sedation medicine and put him back on the ventilator on Friday. I was scared to see him on Saturday because it had been hard to see him in so much discomfort that week. Also, I felt like it was a big step backwards. But Saturday's visit was very uplifting! He woke up and was not dilusional at all. And although he couldn't talk because of the ventilator, he was joking around with us. The Lawrence Welk show came on t.v. and he was trying to dance and conduct the orchestra. When the piano played, he moved his hands like he was playing. And at the end he tried to clap (his hands are restrained so he won't take the ventilator out). He had his sense of humor back, and seeing that made it the best day in the last two weeks. You can tell that he is aware of what is going on. We don't have to keep reminding him, and he's not agitated in the least. He seems very comfortable (considering). He should be off the ventilator next week and moved to a regular room. The doctors say that orthopoedically he's doing great! So, things are gradually getting better and we feel very blessed!