Grandfather is doing better!!!

They started him on dialysis around 4pm today. It's a 3-4 hour process and the rest of my immediate family showed up around 4:30-5:00pm so, to appease everyone who kept saying I needed a break, I went home then since there were plenty of people to keep him company. Around 6:15pm as I was home making dinner I got a call from my sister and immediately I thought they were calling with bad news--some other sudden and unexpected development.

Well, it was somewhat unexpected but in a good way! They had given my grandpa a pencil and paper so he could write (since he's still intubated) and he kept writing #1. At first they asked him why he kept writing 1 and I guess he then wrote my name, as in I'm #1 :) :) :) I guess he knows I was taking care of him these last few days.

I cried when I heard this. I didn't expect him to improve so quickly on dialysis but things are really looking up right now. I hope he can get extubated soon so he can talk to us again and, really, I'm just so so so so so so happy right now!