Trach, over and out

The doctors removed Mom's trach tube today so she is completely free of breathing apparati. Yeah! Apparently they just take the tube out and the incision is supposed to heal on its own. They don't do stitches because it could damage the vocal cords. The incision is supposed to heal up in 3 to 6 days.

Other news today is that Mom gets to go the the cafeteria for meals which means that three times a day about three nurses have to help her into a wheel chair and she is then taken to the cafeteria for a meal. I hear that Mom is really happy about that because it is the first time in a month that she doesn't have to spend all day in a bed.

For the last few days or week Mom has been working with a speech therapist. One of the speech therapists jobs is to determine whether or not Mom has any permanent brain damage. So we were happy today to find out that the speech therapist has given Mom the all clear. Mom's head is good to go.

That's all I've got.