Out of the ICU

Ryan was moved out of the ICU & into a regular floor bed this afternoon. Even though he has a roommate now, we're happy that he's out of there. PT & OT are coming by & working with him everyday. OT has him working on some very difficult worksheets (ones that I was even having trouble figuring out), but he's doing great on them.

After here he'll move down to the rehabilitation center (soon we hope!), & they'll be working him 3 hours a day. He's limited on what he can do because he's not supposed to bear any weight on his left arm or leg until some of his fractures heal. Even still, they have him doing some exercises with them.

He ate more of his dinner tonight than I have seen him eat thus far. They've started counting his calories now, so if he can keep them where they need to be on his own, they'll remove his NG tube. He's pretty tired of it, so he really seems to be making a good effort to get most of his food down. Today I brought him up some chocolate pudding with brownie from the cafeteria & he wolfed that down, so I may have to start getting if for him on a regular basis.

He's doing fantastic, playing games on the computer, talking up a storm (he's still very soft-spoken, though), & looking better & better every day.