Well, two great things have happened in the last couple of days. As I mentioned, Dave got extubated yesterday and started to talk and take sips of water. He also started working with the physical therapist. Tonight he finally got out of ICU and me and the kids were able to visit him.
We had understood that there was no restrictions in visiting him, but then the nurse came in and demanded whether we knew that Dave had pneumonia. Uh....yeah? Well, we were supposed to be wearing masks! We quickly accomodated her request and looked really funny for the rest of our visit. Dave asked us to bring him frozen yogurt, which he ended up eating all of, so hopefully that will be ok. He looks really good, other than having lost some weight.
I asked him if he remembered much from his stay in the ICU, and except for the day after his accident, he didn't really. His mind made up some pretty weird hallucinations to explain how his body felt, meanwhile. I guess his mind is pretty creative.
I'm feeling very positive about the future and extremely grateful that Dave was not killed. I heard that his vertebrae was fractured 25%. If it had been any higher, paralysis or significant nerve damage would have occured, so I'm counting my blessings. I don't think Dave has heard how young and in-shape and athletic he is during his lifetime as much as he's getting from the physical therapists, doctors and other specialists. It might go to his head. But the point being that all these factors will help him heal and hopefully bounce back quickly.
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