A new day...

So I talked with my parent's nurses this morning - and have an update.

Dad - hasn't slept yet, doing great. He's in a soft collar now and probably will be for 6-8 weeks. His neck injury does not look like he'll need surgery - but he will need surgery on his fingers, and they tentatively have that scheduled for next week. They are talking about possible release sometime next week as well, and will most likely not require inpatient rehab. They are going to try and get him up to walk today. He is being very cooperative with doing his breathing treatments and they don't anticipate complications from his chest tube at this time. Pain management continues to be a problem for him. His nurse also asked what might be troubling my dad, "Is he a very regimented sort of guy?" he asked. I told him that I suspect Dad misses his dogs.

Mom - she's very groggy and heavily medicated. They have had her up and walking and she's doing ok in that area. They are having a problem keeping her pain under control as well, but hope to have that remedied very soon. She has a fractured vertebrae on c-7 and t-1. Both should heal well and on their own. They are concerned with her wrist injury and are trying to avoid surgery on her left wrist - it is really swollen and "dusky" (WHAT DOES THAT MEAN!) and so that's not good - but they are continuing to be optimistic. They did another ct scan this morning and she does have a bleed. There is no plan for that as of right now - they are keeping a VERY close watch on it, and they are concerned but hope it will resolve itself. This nurse also supsects mom will be released next week, and no inpatient rehab will be needed, although she cautions that's only if her condition does not change for the worse. I get the impression they are concerned about the bleed.

So - that's it in a nutshell. We're still planning on flying out Friday - possibly to assist in their return, and to bring Miss Sweetie Pie home. We're praying Gretchen if found and can come home too!

Thanks again for all of your continued to support - and feel free to call me if you have questions or want to talk! ;) We love you guys!