No results from camera pill as of yet

Family and friends,

So sorry I didn't have a chance to write yesterday, but things were very hectic. The good news was that Bob was the first person ever in the history of Bethesda hospital to get a pill endoscopy. Everything went well, and I am awaiting the results from the GI doctor sometime this morning to find out where the heck he's still slowly oozing blood from. Bob has significantly decreased the amount of bloody stool he is producing so they are going to take the tube out today. The bad news is that he is still somehow bleeding. His blood went down to 7.9 and they are giving him 2 more pints of blood today. He is very alert and aware which is a fantastic thing, however now he has lots of questions and and is getting very anxious. He still is battling lung issues which causes him to have a lot of mucus and when he is on the ventilator it is very hard for him to cough it up. They took him off the ventilator yesterday for 6 hours and he did really well. It helped him cough up a lot of stuff, but it also made his stomach and back sore from all the coughing. This morning while I was there he panicked on the ventilator because it felt like he was choking. The infectious disease doctor says he is getting better every day and took him off a few antibiotics. He also starts physical therapy today as well. I will blog again when I find out the results from the camera pill.

Thanks for keeping Bob in your thoughts and prayers.
Love and thanks,
Michele