Thursday morning report

Tray here...

• Last night was the best night yet. He had a little trouble keeping his Oxygen level up when he was sleeping but otherwise he rested well.
  
  They have given orders that he can leave PICU sometime today.
  
  He got up and went to the bathroom in a normal toilet, he still walks like a stiff and uncoordinated Frankenstein, but he is walking.
  
  His speech is still slow and slurred, he says he has to think about each word he says but the Doctors think that issue will disappear soon as the swelling etc in his head goes down.
  
  They changed the dressing this morning. That was pretty painful but just normal for an incision. It appears like they cut along the same line as the previous scar – About 7 inches long from the middle of his neck to a little below the crown of his head.
  
  He has staples in an incision above his temple where they screwed his head in place during the surgery. He gets those staples out today.
  
  The issues we will need to deal with in the next few days include watching for Hydrocephalous which is a decreasing risk, regaining smooth speech, and determining whether or not radiation therapy in necessary and what kind to use.
  
  We feel so lucky and blessed that his recovery thus far has been so fast and complete. He can walk, talk, hear, see, and move all his limbs. All of those things were concerns going in. Everyone, especially his surgeon, is exceedingly pleased at how the surgery went and the rapid recovery over the last 24 hours. Thanks to all for your prayers and thoughts in his behalf.
  
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