A beautiful Day # 12 - full of icecream and hope

One small step...one giant leap for mankind...know just how Neil feels now. The tubes, lines and thus beeps and bleeps are disappearing rapidly - Doug demolished his dodgy hospital mac n cheese lunch so convincingly in Streeter-hoovering up style that his NG was swiftly removed - much to Miles's unwitting horror and ultimate disappointment that it wasn't captured on video....the TJ's strawberry-coconut milk icecream was unsurprisingly, very well received too...
We are marching onwards and upwards dear friends but as his Neurologist 'god' (who i finally got to meet today) Dr Kim (funny, in UK when they reach that top tier of the ladder, they revert to mere Mr mortals again - clearly the 'Dr' label is too vulgar or something) says "the recovery only begins once he leaves ITU" - they're just there to over-see the crises stage ...for 2 weeks infact! In just 2 days we should be out of the danger-zone - final hurdle - hopefully, no trace of a vaso spasm and head drainage tube vamoosed....
Our conversations continue to be challenging, wonderful, and just bleedin' bonkers...Doug is already compiling a list of philosophers/poets that jack must read "and it's not homework" - just for fun... and i'm compiling a list of quotes that he may never want to hear about again...

BUT I'm finally feeling we have turned a huge corner knowing the road ahead is l-o-n-g...

In the meantime, i'm pampered and spoilt by this small but unbelievably attentive group of pals - another massage today (thx Kimberly ) - so 2 massages and 2 wonderful yoga sessions = nearly functioning body... now, i just have to wake up feeling as if i've really had 8 hours sleep...which i have!

hope this makes sense - i'm cream-crackered....

PS apologies if i caused a mass of shock with my opening two words yesterday....apparently i did!