Thursday Night

Hello Everyone, this is Marty. I just want to start off by thanking everyone for everything. I really do appreciate all the comments that you have left, all the prayers, all the...there are too many things to manage. Especially, thanks to Drew's sisters for keeping you all updated. As of tonight, Drew is doing well. He was able to get the ventilator taken out this afternoon, and he is loving not having it in. He was quite frustrated not being able to communicate with us. Our incredible nurse, Sandy, said that because he doesn't smoke (yes Chris, this is a hint) and he is very active, it was able to come out so soon. They also gave him a pain pump to better manage his pain. He is no longer feeling any pain from his lungs, but just his incision, which is massive. He just needs to remember to practice deep breathing. He has even moved his oxygen level down from a 6 to a 3 (since I am not a medical person at all, not entirely sure what that means, but whatever). The doctors even think that he might be out of ICU by tomorrow, and out of isolation by the weekend, so we are hoping he keeps up the good work. Once, again. We can not thank everyone enough for all the prayers and well wishes. I know that I sometimes live in a bubble, and take for granted all the wonderful people that I have in my life. This has been a life changing experience for us.