Big Day!

Bob passed the swallowing test and was transferred out of ICU. Five weeks to the day! This certainly was progress and he was satisfied! Hopefully he will be able to sleep better tonight. He is back on the 15th floor of Prentice Hospital, across the street from Northwestern Memorial Hospital. His lungs had improved with the treatments yesterday so they continued with a few more today and again tomorrow. You should have seen how excited he was when he was able to drink some water! For dinner he ate a few spoonfuls of chicken broth, a little red jello (Bob never liked plain jello but it became a favorite when he was there for the transplant) and a teaspoon of chocolate pudding. This was really his first meal in six weeks! You can only imagine how much weight he has lost. Boy will he enjoy those chocolate shakes! I heard about a place close to the hospital that is suppose to have the best shakes. That might be a fun birthday treat. Tomorrow he is eager to get going with the physical therapy. A new day, so much to be thankful forl