Update Tuesday afternoon

I'm feeling a bit awkward continuing to broadcast this blow by blow. Again, if anyone wishes to not receive this, I would totally understand and will remove you from future messages.

In short, my father's health continues to decline. They are considering administering a medication to promote his blood pressure, but it is considered a last ditch effort for all intents and purposes. His O2 saturation is down, normal being 80-90 and his being 58. His Ph level is down, normal being 7.3 to 7.45 and his being 7.1 -- meaning his body is relatively acidic. He is very edemic as much of the fluids given to him are not perfusing and are, instead, moving to his interstitial tissue.

In writing these details, I convey them with frank honesty and, as I said, I feel a bit awkward for reporting as clinically as I do. That being said, I'm clear that this is the truth, that his body is very damaged from the car crash, and that this is only his physical body.

I got into contact with a very long time acquaintance of ours from when we lived in New Jersey. I appreciated hearing his voice and connecting that thread of life and humanity that we all experienced nearly 30 years ago. I know that those times were just a portion of who my father was. I know he touched the lives of many, many people on this earth, more than I bet many of you can imagine -- he was just that kind of person.

I ask again for people to spread this news of his condition and to recall the ways in which he may have touched your life or those you know. I ask this to promote the vision of who he has been in this world so that we can help brighten his life now.

Namaste.