Hello Monday

We had a good day today.

Dad: He had his chest tube out and so he's no longer really hooked up to anything. Occasionally they will throw some O2 on him - but for the most part he's O2 free. He is up and getting around a little more. He had a pretty serious pain attack tonight - so that wasn't good - he said it was the worst one yet. He took his neck brace off in his sleep last night - so he got in trouble. He will not need PT - and the Occupational therapist will need to work with him some - but he's doing ok.

Mom - She's doing ok - still having moments of confusion. They are fairly certain that was from the injury because she had been off of narcotics for 10 hours. She is having a lot more times where she is lucid - so that's great to see. Her left lung is still cloudy and having some issues - but it's clearing up. She had some pain tonight - but was remedied with a little pain medication.

The good news is - they are doing well enough to most likely be released on Wednesday. So - the plan is Wednesday they'll go home to Ben and Mels - for the next 5-8 weeks or so - so please keep them in your thoughts. They will need some time to get situated for a week or so.

We had a false alarm with Gretchy tonight - and it was devastating to find it wasn't her. We still have faith - and Dan will go back out again tomorrow and continue his search for her.

Thanks for all your support. I'll be able to update more tomorrow since we can access the wireless connection from the rooms.

Lots of love!