It's true...after 24 days he was moved out of the ICU today and into another room in the hospital!
He has been making tremendous progress this week. All of the "tubes" are out of his body (catheter and chest tube were the last to go yesterday and today). He is eating food, talking, and working hard with physical therapy. His mental state is very clear now, and he certainly hasn't lost his sense of humor.
The challenge now is to get him physically stronger. He can't quite feed himself yet, stand, or sit in a chair on his own. So, he needs a great deal of rehabilitation to be physically independent. The doctors would like to see him transferred soon to an inpatient medical rehabilitation center near the hospital where he would work aggressively with physical therapy 3-5 hours per day.
Needless to say, we are thrilled with the progress and we hope it keeps going in this positive direction.
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Wow - Melissa, that is such great news. I know he has a long road ahead of him of rehabilitation, but to think of the catastrophic results that he could have been facing, it's just a miracle. Prayers work I think:)
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