Good morning everyone, We started the morning with visits from our friends from plastic surgery, trauma and ortho. They all seem to think things are progressing in the right direction. My dad is one week in with the jaw wiring and is counting the days and weeks until the surgery to cut those wires. Hopefully it will only be three more weeks. Even with wax on the wires to protect his lips they are still pretty cut up. He is very positive and is continuing to go forward. I just hate to see his mouth like that. He just had his trach cleaned, even though it is capped, they will probably leave it in until all of the surgeries are done. One of the reasons being that it will be easier to put the anesthesia in through the trach rather than intubating him each time because that could damage the trachea and/or the epiglottis. He is shaving as we speak then he will get a little bath. My mom and I already gave him his foot massage. After that I will give him a manicure. He has already done some of his exercises. His tummy is upset so this morning so he has not had any broth this morning. He did get a few hours of rest last night, which is really good. As you can see, my dad is very busy here at Albany Medical Center. That about covers it for this morning. Thanks again for being part of Team Popo! Dana