#daveivey

It has been a little bit since I did a good update on my father. Though its hard to update when we have not been allowed to visit him since March 14th. We call daily as he went through a rocky two months. From `doing great` to `he’s crashing again`. From step down unit back to ICU. Two months of sitting here, wishing we could go hug him, talk to him and just see him. Let him know we are still here. COVID-19 took that away from us. Not to say the Hospital didn’t try. We had nurses help from time to time as they would set up face time chats. Just so we could see him, it would excite us though as soon as we hung up we would all cry on how badly we want to go see him. Until this ban on visits, we were there almost every day. This is taking a big toll on all of us. Last week a peek of good news came our way. A nurse told my mom she could visit, he’s allowed to have one visitor. Only one, same person each time. It was no question to any of us, that visitor is mom. She has been able to go and spend time with dad since late last week. Miki, Bryan and I are getting to see him through Skype calls from mom as she visits with dad. He’s doing well right now. Still having breathing issues, though he’s awake. Trying to draw for the first time since he fell in October. He’s able to write to where we can read what he’s saying. Mom and him are spending time watching TV together, he knows his movies and actors. He’s himself. I so wish I could go see him. I know the reasons they’re being careful. But I miss my dad so much. I am happy to say that he’s doing well. I am so so thrilled that my mother can go see him. These pictures are all from this weekend. He’s not better yet. So still asking for prayers as we hope that he keeps getting well as we do hope that he can come out of the Hospital some day. He told a nurse that he wants to keep living. We want him to have the best life. We want to make more amazing memories with him. I want to Thank EVERYONE for the prayers and good thoughts sent to him. I know he’s loved by so many and we are all so Thankful. #DaveIvey #PrayerRequest #DavidIvey #Ivey #Dave #David https://www.instagram.com/p/CAW4AZGgRCq/?igshid=kruw4bgsk3qt