Update

Things continue to progress, but of course there are little bumps in the road here and there. Dad has a fever today so they are changing some lines to try to find the culprit. His white blood cell count is still in the "normal range", so that is very good. He did very well with hemodialysis yesterday and his blood pressure is still holding its own. He's also started occupational therapy, so mom has been given some exercises to do with him. Right now they are concentrating on hand/arm work. Mom opens and closes his hands, moves his thumbs, and works with his wrists and shoulders as well.
Yesterday and today he also spent more time sitting in his chair, and while I'm sure it was exhausting for him he did well. He's been moved off the full ventilator and back to C-PAP. Sometime during the day he should go back to surgery to retire and rehire microsurgeons. Today he has some drainage that is darker than before and he actually threw up this morning as well. (what might have been that same darker stuff - excuse my lack of medical terminology) The doctors are trying to figure out what the darker drainage is, and what is causing the fever. Other than those to things, he's still making forward strides.

-Tracy