Today has been a good day. Chris continues with baby steps of improvement. Dr.McCully from the Pulmonary Hypertension clinic came to check on Chris this afternoon. He was called in to help decided how to go about things with all of the "pulmonary hypertension medications" Chris has been on since Friday. One of the inhaled medications was removed, they changed another medication and they are beginning to turn down the nitric oxide again-this has to be done in order to take him off of the ventilator. It will take time to get to that point, but at least they are moving in that direction. Carolyn, Lyland, Bill and I drove to Minneapolis to return our rental car at the airport. We stopped at a Land's End store and did a bit of shopping. As we were leaving the store, I decided to call the hospital to check on Chris only to discover that I did not have my cell phone-I had left it in the rental car! Fortunately, we were only about 10 minutes away from the airport and were able to retrieve the phone. We stopped at the Super Target In Rochester so I could get a wallet to hold all of my "stuff". I was talking to Emily and commented that it was a bit sad - I had a new wallet and only had one credit card to put in it right now-no Kroger Card, CVS cards or ID. She suggested I draw a stick figure for my picture ID and to design my own cards-I may have to consider that. Both of the girls are hanging in there-I know it has to be difficult on them-not seeing or talking to Chris. Hopefully they will soon be able to talk to him. Well, it is late and we will have an early day. After we visit Chris in the morning we may travel (1 mile) to Mayo Clinic to take the historical tour of the clinic and to view all of the art work on display. Both Carolyn and I have said that Lyland and Bill really need to see the clinic and the pedestrian subways connecting all of the buildings as long as they are here. Keep sending your thoughts and prayers up our way-they are helping! Take Care. Mary Jo