12/13 5:00pm

After 9 days of being intubated, HE'S OFF THE VENTILATOR!!!

He was extubated at around 4:00pm today and so far doing well.  He had a LOT of junky mucus in his throat where the tube was, so he needed a good bit of suctioning to get all that crap out.

His throat is sore from the tube, he's extremely hoarse, and he still seems incredibly tired so he didn't talk a whole lot.  But he knew who I was, knew that he was he was in Hershey at the hospital, and guessed the year to be 2012.  So not too bad.  We haven't pushed him to talk a whole lot, he still really needs a lot of rest.

But finally getting him off the ventilator is a big stepping stone.