I talked with Pat’s mom this morning. He’s been suffering from an advanced case of pneumonia, common among people in his condition.

He coded three times last week and the doc basically told the family to prepare for the end. As of Saturday, though, he’s remarkably better and no one’s talking death now.

However, the talk has switched to doing a permanent tracheotomy on Tuesday. The damage to Pat’s trachea from previous trachs has contributed to his low oxygen levels and the subsequent pneumonia. His family doesn’t want the tracheotomy. They’re holding out for more miracles.

Thanks for praying. It was touch and go for most of the week.