2 weeks ago

I can hardly believe Matt's accident was 2 weeks ago today. He's looking pretty good today and even the neurosurgeons have said they're pleased with his progress. They kept the breathing tube out last night and are not going to do a tracheostomy. They are also trying to get a feeding tube into his nose so that they don't have to do a peg, either - which means no more surgeries! We have to wait for radiology to clear his neck before they can take off the brace and tilt his head enough to get the feeding tube in, which hopefully will happen soon - he has to be getting hungry.

Today was another good day and he had his eyes open and was messing with my watch and book again. He also seemed to be watching the TV in his neighbor's room through the glass wall, so we turned one on in his room. I set the remote down by his knee to move the TV and he wiggled his arm down to grab it. I turned around and he was resting with the remote on his stomach, just like he does at home. :-)

The biggest news of the day - he's going to be moved out of the ICU! We're waiting for a bed to be open in the Neurological Special Care Unit, but he's officially a NSCU patient hanging out in the ICU, hopefully just for one more day.