Progress

Mom has been sending emails to everyone so most of you have the updates. Here's the follow up on the swallow test:

He passed!!!!! When I was there this afternoon they brought him a lunch tray, and about an hour later, a dinner tray. He ate moderately from the lunch tray, and passed up the dinner tray. It looked fairly good, so I ate it! Tomorrow the catheter comes out, and I should think the pic line, since he is eating. Then maybe he can come home sometime over the weekend.

Thanks for the prayers!

And here is today's summary:

We are awaiting word whether he will come home today (Saturday) or tomorrow. After coughing out his breathing tube in the ICUand sneezing out his feeding tube earlier this week, his pic line--the open line that went in under his collarbone--fell out yesterday as he was preparing to take a walk. But because that came out, they had to put in a regular IV, since no one is allowed to be in the hospital without one, in case of emergency. His catheter was also removed, so he feeling a lot of freedom. I think they only have a line attached to his IV when they are giving him fluids or meds through it.

He called this morning and told me that Dr. Backs was in the hospital but he hadn't seen him yet. I told him not to get his hopes up too high about going home today.

We are naturally thrilled that progress has been made even with Dr. Shear gone. Looks like this ordeal may end soon!