Hello All! It is good to be back!! Like Laurie said I have my dad back. It is so great to be able to have a conversation with him. He know exactly what is going on and I have been explaining all the details of the last 11 weeks to him. It is a little shocking for him to hear but he is listening. He can stand a little but he is still very shaky. You have to stand behind him so he does not fall back. We did a lot of catching up today and it was so wonderful. They are going to leave him off the vent now for as long as he can handle. So if he does well they can start talking about taking out the trech tube. We sat down with speech therapy today and they did have a little bad news. When they put they camera down his throat they realized that his vocal cords are not sealing shut when he swallows. That means that anything he drinks is getting through that hole and into his lungs. He does not seem to care he still asks for water constantly. She gave us some exercises to build the muscles in his throat and hopefully fix that problem. Everything is looking great, hopefully he will have a productive weekend and get lots of exercises in. Thank you all for your support and thanks to Laurie for helping me while I was gone!!