Here is Cathy words as of yesterday ' Phase 2, Day 103, 5/4/04

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So far today Troy has had an adjustment made on his catheter port for the dialysis and a feeding tube inserted through his nose to his intestines directly. Several have asked how this would get him nutrition and I was wondering also. Stephanie, who is "nurse wonderful," reminded me that the stomach digests but the nutrition is actually absorbed into the body through the intestines. We are just cutting out the middle man. There will be another breathing trial and another dialysis later today. He is slowly waking up. It seems that one of the sedation meds that has a long lasting life in the body is also interacting with one of the other meds with the result being that it is staying around even longer. He is on no sedation now at all and we are having the extra dialysis treatment to try to clear some of this out of his system. Kidneys are trying to work but not up to speed yet. He is comfortable and beginning to open his eyes and move some. He is not often responding to stimulus but that is increasing. DR Abbott, my nominee for "optimist of the century," is still hopeful so I am trying to be also.

Thanks for everything, as your expressions of love continue to comfort and amaze me. Thanks for being there.

Love, Cathy