Things are really coming together. Looks like Wednesday, 10 am, we're outta here! Chuck's doing excellent. He's had no nausea; his lungs are stable; his wounds are healing. The only glitch is weaning him off of high doses of pain medication. The goal is for him to be completely off IV meds by Wednesday. He'll still be on pain medication, but will have to wait the 30 minutes for the oral meds to kick in (no immediate relief through the vein). Right now he's on methadone...too much of it! The doctor is still working with the dosage. However, for the first time in YEARS, Chuck is feeling no pain. In fact, I keep asking him what his pain level is just so I can hear him say, "Low, low, low."

Just look at what God's done!