Everything's Doing Fine

About 3:00, they moved Daniel from ICU to the 6th floor ortho/neuro ward. The neuro surgeon that did the surgery called in around noon to check on Daniel's progress, and was so happy with the progress that he decided not to stop in, scheduled Daniel to be moved, and asked that Physical Therapy get him out of bed and walking this afternoon.

Daniel remains very, very happy. He's had lots of friends stop by already - there were 6 plus the 3 of us in there at the same time earlier. He's eating everything they bring him, plus whatever else that we give him. His left hand is working like it hasn't in ages, though it still has tingling. His right leg appears to not be able to sense cold/hot, though it works just fine. His left leg still has motor skill issues but senses hot and cold fine. The doc is comfortable with that as it's still very early and things will keep improving the further from surgery we get. Guess that's part of what PT will do for him as well.

Don't know when he'll be going home, but they've got him on a reducing regimen of steroids for inflammation that will run through Tuesday night. I suspect that means he'll be going home Wednesday at the earliest, but I'm only guessing. Everything remains as positive as we could have hoped. They still have him on a morphine drip, plus a button that allows him to periodically increase the morphine level. He's feeling pretty well, eating well, and happy with friends and family.