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31%??? I didn't think you could have that low of O2 sat without experiencing a very serious outcome. It amazes me how resilient the human body truly is. I'm glad he's still here with you, Maggie. What a frightening experience that must have been for you.

Well...I thought I would update....mostly as a teaching tool and a lesson to many of us. Ollie has been back to the hospital for an X-ray the end of November, they said he is healing very slowly, so 4 more weeks....well he went back last week for another X-ray...they said 3 more weeks. The reason for the slow healing? He got a bit spoiled when the injury happened, kind of stopped eating, so my son gave him his favorites..pistachios..well that’s all he wanted to eat for the past month of so...he’s not getting the proper nutrients in his Harrison pellets, thus slowing down the healing process the hospital said...so there’s a lesson in this for all of us.

Oh Maggie...you know my thoughts and prayers are with you both daily. You are one brave woman..you just take it all in stride and stay strong for Jay. I can’t imagine the worry you live with on a co start basis. I know that God is watching over you both...love and strength to you both..and Thank you, Thank you for keeping us updated..I know it’s difficult for you to post..but it means a lot to your greyforum family and friends. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😥❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Maggie, I can only remotely fathom what you and Jay are going through right now. He is truly blessed to have you by his side, and to have such wonderful caretakers tending to his needs. I pray for his comfort.

Greetings Greytness...thank you! As Jay was recuperating, it took quite a while to bring his O2 levels up and during that time, he said he had no pain and no discomfort. He said most of his sensations and pains came back after about three hours...Now, after being examined by the doctor, his eyes and ears are damaged...He needs 400 dioptic correction in each eye and he is now completely deaf in his right ear and partially deaf in his left. He has no feeling in his right hand and both legs and his pulse is jumping from extremely low to afib territory. Most of the damage (that we know) is to his extremities, ears, and eyes and I have been told to keep a close watch since it could be weeks before we find out the true extent of damage besides the elevated risk of heart failure and strokes...they have also upped his medications and breathing treatments. I am very worried....I really appreciate the kind words and they mean so much to Jay who is really scared right now. Thank you so much!

Just a quick update: Jay's condition is progressively worse. I almost lost him Thursday morning....I woke up and Jay's air was not working properly...his oxygen saturation had dropped to 31...I woke him up and gave him a secondary oxygen bottle so I could bring up his O2 levels. He has some resultant eye and hearing damage from the loss of oxygen and it took a few hours to get him up to his average 91 saturation rate. The nurse said that it will probably take a few days to recover from the oxygen loss. What a time to have run out of wine! 😝 Jay has two to three nurses who come in three times a week to take care of him and Joe, to our total amazement, has just rolled with it. Joe loves one of the nurses and always shows off when she is here (they are put in their cages when they come over) and Salsa just hides out in the corner of her cage. Thank you all for your prayers...Maggie