My father is asleep all day. Katrine, Ruthie, Nomeda are with me in the waiting room late in the afternoon while the peg surgery takes place in the ICU. I stand against the wall saying Tehilim. Dr. Diamond comes out and tells me that it went very well. “The endoscope naturally went right into the Zenkers. I had to fiddle around a bit to find my way out but once I did the surgery was uneventful. I removed a huge chunk of matter from your father’s Zenkers and he’s in fact breathing easier than ever now.” I thank Hashem. I wonder to myself why they couldn’t try to pass the NG tube with the aid of an endoscope one week earlier. Eight extra days without food!

With an hour before Shabbos I ran home to shower and come back. My father’s eyes are open the entire evening I am there with Katrine. I caress him and kiss him. He repeatedly brings my arm to him for a kiss. At the end of visiting hours I move away from his visual range so he should fall asleep. Luciana is the overnight nurse. Katrine takes me to the Hecht Co to buy coffee for the ICU and chocolate for Luciana.