Spoke to Dr,

The Dr feels that even though Mike has imporved some, he will still need the Trach temporarily to get better the fastest.  He feels he is still a little too far down the road from being able to completely beat this on his own.  And that letting him try it completley without assistance or leaving the Vent tube in longer would not be in his best interest.  I tend to agree,  the last t hing we want is for him to com eoff ond then go back like he had to over the weekend.  I soke to Mike about it abd he seemed to understand everything and did not seem upset about it. 

The Dr does not know if they will do it today or not, it depends on the surgeons schedule, but they will let us kmnow ahead of time so I can be here.  I dont see this as a set back, yet a faster more comfortable way for Mike to recover.  I think Mike sees it that way too.

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