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Hello!

Again, no fabulously entertaining post with award-winning photos...just another update on David's status!

Drumroll please...he's home now! Yes, hard to believe, and actually he came home LAST NIGHT. Yes. Friday night! Just 4 days after having his back opened up and worked on, leaving a 9-inch incision to heal. They pushed him right out the door.

Actually, all the doctors and nurses have been VERY nice. Answering questions, apologizing for waking him up all the time, willing to do anything we asked.

But David just met all their requirements, on being able to walk around, walking up stairs, getting off the stronger medication and onto pills, and starting to eat real food. So they said "you can go home!"

He had one set of final xrays, and I asked Frank to get a copy of it. I'll post more of that later.

But the coolest thing is, they took X-rays DURING the operation--! Every 10 minutes!

So they put it on a disk for us (I haven't seen it yet), so we'll see glimpses of the hardware as it went in--here's one bolt, here's another plus part of the rod, etc., etc.

Anyway. I can also hardly believe that he's JUST ON TYLENOL now. No, I'm not kidding. It is uncomfortable to be in a car, and he changes position and shifts in chairs and laying down, but with this discomfort, he just takes Tylenol equivalent.

Diane (Frank's mom) also came yesterday. David actually beat her home! Thank you for continued thoughts and prayers. It feels so much better to have him here.

More later, Kari