From Belinda:
Neal is able to reach up and touch his face! His arm and hand mobility and strength is improving every day. He took a break from getting off the ventilator yesterday. I think he was worn out working on building his arm/hand strength yesterday. They still feel they will be able to move him to the respiratory recovery unit upstairs in the next day or two. Which means he will very soon be off the ventilator. They will be setting him up with a voice box so he can communicate easier, he will keep that until they are comfortable in removing the trachea tube. I don’t know how long that may take.
I talked to him about visitors and he still wants to wait until the feeding tube is out and he is able to communicate easier. I know everyone wants to visit and he does want to see all his friends…but his days are more about working on his recovery right now. His spirits remain high… the GBS is not going to slow him down for long.
Excellent news!
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