I made it back home from the cottage and feel accomplished for how much stuff I got done while I was there. I was on schedule to leave the cottage as planned for Parry Sound, but my plans went awry when a cloudburst hit just as I was loading the boat and it started to rain very hard. I waited it out for 45 minutes and then decided to make a mad dash for town when there was a slight break in the downpour, but I ended up getting soaked anyway. Other than that, my trip home was uneventful and I ended up getting to Rochester in the “wee hours”.

Channel Man Stan hit a small bump on the roller coaster last night. Yesterday, they suctioned mucus plugs from his lungs to help clear his airways and improve his blood oxygen saturation and overall lung function. During the night his saturation level dropped, so they had to increase the settings on his ventilator and temporarily put him back on the paralytic to suction his lungs some more. However, he’s off the paralytic again this morning and they are starting the lower the “vent” settings again and will be decreasing them throughout the day. Because of this minor setback, the doctors have decided to wait until later this week (possibly tomorrow) to perform the tracheotomy.