Stahlke Adoption

Prayer Request

Yesterday, my father choked while drinking a glass of water. By evening, he was coughing and "crackling" as he breathed, and my mother had to give him much more morphine than his normal dose. The night aide requested a visit by the hospice nurse, who came this afternoon. She ordered an X-ray, which they did in my parents' home. The diagnosis: aspirational pneumonia.

I haven't been able to reach my mother yet to get more details. But I ask for your prayers that my father be as comfortable as possible, and that the family stay calm and at peace through all of this.

posted by Stahlkes @ 6:20 PM