"Stable" is the word for the day ... Chuck is "stable," which is good. Of course, my heart longs for words like ... "amazingly improved" or "miraculously healed." Alas, all things in God's time.

God's been busy with Chuck. As you will read, there are several PRAISE points:
Lungs - Chest x-ray shows improvement and Chuck's lungs sound clear (Thank you God). The docs have begun the weaning process once again.
Wounds - abdominal wound is completely healed (Thank you God); pressures sores are 50% healed (after only 2 weeks!); spinal incision wound ... ouch. The wound docs are not worried as it doesn't look worse. I am worried because it doesn't look better.
Digestion - a mystery. There are no obstructions in his intestines (Thank you God), but his gut keeps blowing up like a water balloon. Current treatement is to wean Chuck off the narcotics. Perhaps this will help things move along. Until then, he gets his nutrition through the vein.