4/21

10:23pm

Gary is sitting much more upright now -- about a 60

degree angle (see the advantage of a mathematical

background?). They will start weaning him off the

trache tube by alternating it with a trache collar

(which they said looks like an oxygen mask, but fits

over the hole they made in the trachea) starting

tomorrow. He has had a bit of a fever since last night

-- 100.2 -- but they said that was normal for after

all these surgeries. He got a little pooped out after

the last visit with my mom and Janet &John , but

should be all right. He is looking better and better

each day. Our spirits are good -- it really helped me

to have some family around for this short while --

they left tonight. I think we all got a little

slap-happy Thursday night. I hope the other people in

the trauma unit didn't object too much to the laughter

coming out of our room -- I can't even remember what

we were all laughing about.





Peg