Chuck had a good day. He had a noisy roommate who kept him up at night. The roommate has moved. Whew. Now pray the next one is nice and quiet. Better yet, pray the bed next to his stays empty!

The sand bed is not bad at all. It looks a great deal like a normal bed, and the head lifts like a normal bed.

Chuck did great with trache trials today. He did 30 minutes in the morning. In the afternoon he stayed off the vent for 2 hours. He's getting there.

There was a great moment today with John Condit...he came in to visit. Chuck just held onto his hand for a while. It was beautiful...uh, in a very manly way...grrr.