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Not yet. Insurance fuck up. Tina is working on it.

"Hey Sergey, Larry, know anything about this thing? Patent number 1775178?" 'We sure do, Buck!' https://www.google.com/search?q=patent+1775178&oq=patent+1775178 Scans through some of the results seem to be about $200-$300 depending on the condition. Lots of hits on sale info/fact finding.

Being moved tomorrow. Fuckers.

Getting them here in Pittsburgh right now

NWS confirmed one out by Zanesville as well.

Nasty stuff! Celina got walloped too. By the time it made it it to Pittsburgh it was mostly rain.

They are (hopefully) moving him to Dodd today!

Which Vince? Looking the transfer will be Monday or Tuesday

OK so they did not release him today. Well, technically, they would have but we met with a new Dr who explained that if they give him a couple more days where he is, they have more time to stabilize things. After that, they want to send him to PT at Dodd Hall to get better, which is anywhere from a few days to a week. This would likely shortcut many weeks of recovery at home. So, it's looking like he'll be "out" toward the end of next week. However, we finally feel like we have a path forward and a plan. So, so far so good. Anthony was in good spirits today all things considered, and is doing much better. He's really appreciative of all of you and your thoughts and prayers. Thank you.

Sounds AWESOME!!! What cam did you go with?

Looks like they're releasing him straight out of the ICU tomorrow, to home. Still trying to work through the gag reflex, but otherwise he's making a fast recovery. I'll be in Columbus tomorrow to help him get home and settled. We'll advise when he's ready for visitors.

The funny thing is, he has a REALLY low pain tolerance. Has always been that way. So much for that, at least right now haha. I forgot to mention, he still has some delirium from the drugs. Apparently, he's seeing animals in the room and shit.

He described it as painful. Yea. Update for today: He's up and walking! Trying to eat but the gag reflex is still pretty awful, so having trouble putting solid things down but can handle liquids no problem. They're thinking about releasing him in the next few days, they think he's pretty close to able to just go straight home. How about that for a fucking turnaround?

That was my response as well. I am happy to share it with all of you!

Yea. Then yesterday afternoon he removed his own catheter by himself. Metal.

Pretty much. I just talked to him via video, he is SUPER groggy and on a healthy dose of Dilauded but he's lucid. He can whisper talk and is nibbling food. He laughed when I asked him if he just got sick of this shit. He does not remember pulling the tube himself, but sure looks relieved.

Yep. He's already out of bed, sitting in a chair and eating a little bit.

OK, well. Anthony apparently snapped out of things late last night and decided on his own he'd had enough of this shit and ripped out his own breathing tube. So, he's not on any sedation meds anymore and breathing on his own which means no trach at this time either. So here's to some good news!

No big changes today. He's really showing signs of improvement in his ability to respond to questions, etc and his overall vitals. Hoping for a breathing test and maybe we can skip the trach? Frustrating.

Will do. Should know more tomorrow/Monday on his progression.

Sigh. Mixed news today. The ENT still doesn't feel he's ready for the trach, so it's been pushed to Monday. However, they think he may pass breathing trials so they're gonna try those this weekend. If he passes, the tube comes out and no trach. Beats the fuck out of me how it could be one extreme or another.

No updates yet today. This was INSANELY helpful -- thank you so much for your perspective. No one has explained any of this to us in this level of detail. They have been mentioning he was getting delirious, but it seems to us that he might be doing a decent job of managing his anxiety a bit on his own the last couple days. We are hoping the trach helps this more, since he will have his face back. They already have the PEG tube in. I can't thank you enough for this information.

Kicking the can again. Trach tomorrow. He's really starting to look around/wake up/be sort of present -- even acknowledged me via video call today. Really need to get his face available again.

No trach today, tomorrow. The ENT thought he wasn't ready yet.

Maybe after he's awake. It's pretty wild. Still ask myself at least once a day how in the fuck we got here.