14 sept

MUCH better - they did the tracheotomy at 6 pm and when we saw him at 7 he was opening his eyes - still very blurry and disoriented but recognised our voices and even nodded his head. Colin is back. As I said earlier very disoriented and wanting to move his arms and legs, the monitor on his finger keeps falling off, causing the machine to beep. He even has his own tv, not that he can see anything yet but maybe tomorrow. He cant talk yet, mouth very dry but much more comfortable with the pipe out of his mouth.
Temperature 36.5 Heartrate 84 Sore on lip clearly busy healing and will leave a small scar. Growing a moustache as they probably dont want to shave upper lip and looking quite handsome ! Night staff caring and friendly. Everything just started going right today. Comms with the doctors and the hospital started happening, got some documentation from the Medical Aid, still a lot of things that are not clear re the medical aid but things are happening and a huge improvement in Colin's status. Keep those prayers and positive vibes coming and thanks everyone. Will report some more tomorrow morning.