Jimmie is finally getting some breaks from the hiccups.  The second medicine worked a little bit so Friday the doctor doubled the dosage and now it is working much better.  Jimmie still isn't hiccup-free, but he does have more quiet times he can sleep and when he does have a bout they are not as severe.  Ah, the things I have learned in recent weeks.  I had no idea that something as simple as the hiccups could be so devastating.  More than a week of those really rough ones squandered much of Jimmie's strength.  I pray that he can regain some of it before the surgery.

- Linda