Morning rounds: Chuck was visited by his internist and his pulmonologist this morning. Both are pleased. The plan for the lungs is more of the same ... trache may come out soon! The plan with the nutrition is to increase his tube feedings to 45 ... with the hope of eventually making it to 50. This leads to wounds. The plan is to treat the exposed hardware with nutrition, wound-care attention, and prayer rather than venturing out for another surgery. Please pray the skin grows over his hardware.

I'll give a wound-care update later in the day.