He is now speaking as though it's difficult to breathe while he speaks each word. He pauses between each and every word, as though he needs to take a breath.

He is still in the hospital, and they are still waiting to see how the steroids effect him. I am taking Friday off from work to visit him. He hopes to be home early next week, but they can only release him if he is safe to go home. As it is, if he can go home, there is not much he can do and he will be limited to staying in the house, close to his oxygen tank. He cannot go wandering and have his tank run out of oxygen.

I feel SO badly for him... he did not deserve this at all. He has been healthy and took great care of himself all of his life. And now? Now his life is very limiting.

They also think this COULD be a flareup of his disease, in which case, it would dissipate after treatment. This can happen with this disease. Even so, I think covid made him far worse and exacerbated his lung condition.

Mom says he is not on his death bed at this stage. But it's scary when his oxygen drops to a worrisome and concerning level so quickly just from simple movements. He sneezes and his O2 drops to 70. 96 is normal and anything under 90 is a concern.

My poor father. And my poor mother! She is beside herself. They were supposed to go to France next Fall, and this will not happen now. This is no way for him to have to live, My mother is very healthy and is full of energy. They are both retired now and imagined their retirement life very differently.