Sorry for the delay in updates. All continues to go well, if a bit slowly (especially for him!), for Yale. He was indeed sitting up, cheering along with the inauguration speech. After agitating for coffee a few days back, we have moved on to non-stop demands for ice cream and diet coke. He is also asking to get up, sit up, go for a walk, go home and, if not go home, how 'bout some ice cream?
The reality is going to be a bit slower. Dad and I talked with the attending pulmonologist today, and he laid out the following timeline: Weaning from the respirator will take through the weekend. After getting off the vent, he wants dad to stay in the ICU and get up and going for probably another week. After that, he expects that dad will need a residential rehab setting for another two weeks or so. So, it's going to take time, patience, diligence and hard work.
Very soon, I think Yale would enjoy some visitors, so feel free to drop me or Matt an email if you'd like to come by and we can figure out a good time.
David
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