Pleased to report that I'm pleased to report

Dave has gone several days without a fever, has finished all his antibiotics, and is able to stand and walk a few paces with help now.  At this point, the doctors are pretty much just making sure he doesn't spike a new fever now that he has finished all those meds.  If he continues his healing trend over the next couple of days, they will want to discharge him to a "sub-acute" facility where he can continue to get the physical and psychological therapy he will continue to need in a round-the-clock care setting.  

Today he greeted me with a big smile and a hug and said he had been looking forward to seeing me.  He still felt pretty awful for the early afternoon, but after a short nap woke up ready to sit up in a chair.  He was able to tolerate sitting long enough to participate in his first shave since intensive care.  I did some and he did some, and then I asked his one-on-one, Grace, what she thought.  In a very nice voice, she replied, "You tried."  I don't know what she was talking about--I'm still positive we did a great job.