First Morning Update

Charlie was moved from the recovery room to room 1629 this morning at 9:00 a.m. Because the level of nursing care in recovery is more intense than on the floor, he was kept there for the full night until all lab reports were good. He is comfortable (he just rated his pain for a nurse at "1" on a scale of 1 to 10), and David is reading him various news reports on horse racing and New York Giants football. He will be getting up to walk within the next hour. He is concerned that the back spasms he experienced in the last two weeks will interfere with his setting new distance records doing laps in the hallway, but the staff is certain they will be able to control the spasms should they be a problem. All in all, he is doing very well.