11pm Saturday

Today was a good day for Terry. He is calm, in less pain, and is aware that his leg has been amputated. Fever is dropping, so it appears that indeed the left leg was the main source of the infection. The change in his pain management medication seems to be on track, as I saw no signs of the psychosis that he had been experiencing for the past week. He was able to "hold out" for the duration of pain medication cycle without having to supplement with some of the narcotics (which made him so delirious). He even wished both Dana and I good night, sending his wife a kiss and saying "see you in the morning". When the nurses were able to position him almost on his side, for the first time in 2 weeks, he actually groaned with pleasure. The ICV filter will be inserted tomorrow under local anesthesia. I reminded him of the race today at his track, and he wanted to know who won. Al...can you let me or Dana know so we can tell him tomorrow? All the prayers must be working since Terry has so far overcome every obstacle in his recovery. Soon this nightmare should be calming down enough where he can be elevated from criticle status, and start on the road to rehab.