Hey everyone-I wanted to get with you on what has happened over the weekend. Dave was having difficulty breathing and coughing a lot Sunday morning (about 3am) so he and the doctors decided that he would need to be put on the ventilator.

Dave is pretty sedated now, but has been able to communicate with us by writing things down. His condition right now is that he doesn't have a fever, his vitals are looking good and that his lungs are resting. We are hoping and praying that he will only need a few days on the ventilator so that he his lungs can heal. They haven't really given us a time when they will take the breathing tube out of him it could be a couple of days or a couple of months it just depends on the how he is doing. However we want the breathing tube out as soon as possible because with a foreign object in your body there are infections you can get from them too. The doctors did do a procedure on him Sunday that got a specimen from his lungs, they are going to run tests and see if that they can figure out what is on his lungs.

Right now the ICU specialist and Internal Disease specialist are on his case. They are all working, trying to figure out exactly what bacteria is in Dave and how they can fix him. Since he doesn't have a fever they think that the bacteria may be gone and now we have to wait on the body to heal.

Dave is on a low setting of 50 on his ventilator which is good we want it to go down to 30 so that they can see if he can breath on his own. I know this is a little confusing to be quite honest I still haven't grasped everything going on. His parents mostly talk with the doctors and I think I like it that way. Doctors seem to give you the goods and the bads and I am just trying to keep positive. His parents and I believe that Dave has to get better and we are looking forward to the celebrating that time with him.

Thank you so much for your thoughts, e-mails and prayers. They help me and his family so much. Dave is truely a "tough" guy. I will continue to keep you update on his condition.