To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first

As Shakespeare said, "To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first."

Our Hero is taking slow but sure steps towards the goal. He is now off oxygen for over 24 hours and is breathing himself. He is more active and we are loving his crankiness every moment. I even scolded him so that he could cry and open his lungs. Bad me.

Other improvements include him turning on the bed almost himself. He gets stuck in the myriad of tubes and IV's and then he calls for help. He also listened to a couple of stories and played with Mr. Potato head.

His WBC and ANC showed a minor increase today. I had hoped for a larger bump, but I guess I got too greedy. The good thing is that they increased. Does not matter if it was small.

On the flip side, his red blood cells went to a critical level. The doctor ordered blood transfusion. It should be arriving soon from Puget Sound Blood Center and hopefully once he gets it, he will become more playful.

Urmila was feeling very tired and sick today so we sent her home to rest and charge up by spending some time with Meera and Mummy. Hopefully, she would be back by 7 or 8.

Last night, Shivam said a very complex statement for his current state. Here is the translated version: "I want to meet my uncle who has a motorbike and who gave me a motorbike." It took me few minutes to understand and decipher his words and out popped Nilesh's name. I called him immediately and asked him to come in the morning. Shivam spent almost an hour with him and Aloka and was happy (and tired).

Right now, he is very tired (low RBC) and has watery eyes. But I see this as his fight with pneumonia and I am sure he will come out victorious.

Bless him...