Wednesday night, 10pm. Sorry the update is late, but I just left the hospital for the day. Terry is making good progress, but it is slow going after this critical surgery. He is still on the ventilator, but his lungs are close to being able to function on their own. Maybe tomorrow morning. Kidneys are producing at over 70%, so that is good. Pain is extreme right now, so he is on a morphine drip with a button that he can press every 6 minutes for a "boost". They had to tape this to his thumb as he is still too swollen and week to move his hands around. I think the scariest part for Terry is not being able to communicate. He has only his eyes and fingers to move. But we worked out signals, so I made sure the nurses understood these perfectly!! The spinal drain was removed with no complications. Terry is still making excellent progress, but it is taking longer this time due to the 6+ hours on the heart and lung machine...it does take a toll, for sure.