Monday

They have taken him off the ventilator, so the chest tube worked. He is much more alert today. Debbie says he keeps looking at her like she is crazy. Dr. Hot Pants came in also and said that his MRA images look great and that we really need to encourage him to use his left side. He said that being on steroids for such a long time gives you a false sense of well being so he might be a bit depressed coming down from them. He is barely on a dose now that would help him anyway and Lopes wants it that way. He wants dad to do all this on his own.

The Medical Apartments we have been staying in and walking back and forth from, the security gal told Debbie to ride with them since people get mugged there all the time. I didn't think it was that bad so I guess I will ride with security from now on.

Scott found that Dr. Lopes has a Facebook page. I think that is hysterical. He is a world renown brain surgeon and he Facebooks. I wonder if he was Facebooking during dad's surgery. Haha. He is so cute.