September 21, 2017

Cliff had a feeding tube that was successfully put in yesterday. They began slowly introducing food today. He's pretty happy about it but still very week and requiring quite a bit of pain meds. They are mentioning Sunday as a possible time to go home (whoop whoop). We will meet with hospice, home care folks and continue to monitor him. Two pretty good days!!!! Yay!!!! Thank you again for all the positive thoughts and prayers.

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