Still working on the diaphragm issue. We hope it's temporary, but there's a possibility it may be permanant. In which case he'd have to use a positive-pressure breathing device at night, and possibly oxygen during the day, for the rest of his life. It'd also make him prone to lung infections. Lung excercises will reduce the chance of infection or other problems, so he's going to continue doing breathing excercises for the forseable future, unless his lungs suddenly recover.

He could also continue to degrade, and if that happens or he gets a serious infection, he'd no longer be able to breathe on his own. In that case he'd have to go on a full-time medical ventilator.

Still, it might be temporary, although the docs say that they would have hoped to see some improvement in it so far. He's starting on steroids, because a possible cause of temporary paralysis of the diaphragm is swelling pinching the nerves. They're going to keep him in the hospital until Tuesday to see if there is any improvement with the 'roids.

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