Making progress.

**WARNING**

**GRAPHIC PHOTOS**

Today has been a day of progress for Jack and the recovery schedule. He had his bandages removed, the drain line removed, the incision area cleaned and new dressings applied. Jack is mostly off of the narcotic drugs. He is getting a little shaky and we might need to check into rehab for his recent drug abuse problem, but I think he will be fine very soon. :)

I think the pain is subsiding for Jack as the hours pass. His fussy time is greatly reduced and the smiles continued all day.

As you can see the incision was large and the drain line hole was larger than expected but the new bandages are minimal and it looks like the home wound care will be pretty straight forward.

I think we have 1 more hurdle to jump before we can get the "all clear" bell. It is a bit of a dirty subject, but he needs to....well....poop. Jack needs to let it go and show that his bowels are working properly and then we can go home.

Other than the dirty diaper we still need to get fitted for a helmet. That will happen tomorrow around mid-morning. We will have a helmet decorating party at our house next week if you would like to join us!

I will update/post in the morning.

~Cory & Stefanie