still stable

Ed continued to keep his blood pressure and heart rate and hematocrit looking good today, so they took him off the ventilator and he's breathing on his own. They're just re-starting his feeding, so he's just on 10 ml per hour. His legs continue to be quite swollen, so prayers for him to reduce his fluid retention (as well as to wake up!) would be appreciated.

The surgeon is scheduled to be back in town tomorrow, so we may have more information about when Ed will likely move over to the Select Specialty LTAC.

Visitors are quite welcome, since we're back in the game of having stimulating conversations and delightful reading sessions around Ed. If you come to the ICU and Ed has been moved up to the LTAC, the ICU staff should be able to point you over to the "B elevators" that go up to Select Specialty (on 5th floor).