Thursday was another great day. This seems to be a theme!

Again, Conor was up in the wheelchair. It takes an incredible amount of energy, but yesterday was a little bit easier than the day before. He has had the catheter removed and also the central line. He is receiving his antibiotics through a normal IV. Conor is unplugged!

The lads from the LCBO dropped by after work last night and presented Conor with a portable DVD player, 9" screen ...Conor couldn't stop beaming. I think he wanted us to leave so he could hunker down and watch the new Superman movie. The lads also had an envelope full of money for Conor. A quick word here if I may . . . .

The LCBO, over the course of the last year, has been unbelievably supportive of both me and my family. The flowers, the gift baskets, the information about benefits, etc. .... simply arrive. They have gone out of their way ... exceeded all expectations. These are working lads ... they live from paycheque to paycheque ... and their incredible support and generosity blows me away. I will never be able to thank them properly for their incredible kindness, nor to let them know adequately, the impact they have had on my family. As one of the guys said ... "Conor is part of family now" ... and that's exactly how you have made us feel. Bless you all! You all rock!

Last night Conor had a full room of visitors. His buddy Matt was there, Ciaran, Steve Bolger, Nancy and Jill D. He had not received any pain medication in about 5-6 hours. He was lucid ... and he was so Conor. He was laughing, cracking jokes himself, and generally involved in the conversations. He is doing so unbelievably well ... what a spirit!

During the day yesterday, the orthopaedic surgeon checked up on Conor. He is very pleased with the progress of his handiwork. He was able to show me the x-rays of Conor's injuries. Wow! The leg was broken just above the knee and midline up his thigh. The midline break was sideways (left leg ... bone broke through the skin on the left side). The x-ray shows a two inch portion of bone which was dislodged from the main bone. The surgeons decided to leave it attached, otherwise they would have had to remove a great deal of tissue. So the fragment remains in his leg and it will knit itself to the rest of the legbone. The wrist was basically shattered ... the ortho described the bone fragments they were working with as the size of rice krispies. They have moved all the fragments to where they should be and hope that they will mend/grow together. There is some trapped cartilage that they were unable to repair and he will definitely have arthritis. I asked about range of motion, given that he plays guitar and they said that that would be up to him --- but playing guitar would certainly be motivation to work hard.

His collarbone is currently the most painful (along with the ribs). They have "installed" a figure 8 brace over his shoulders and hope that this will bring the two displaced bones together. The brace doesn't appear to bother Conor too much, unless he's trying to stand up. Obviously, the ribs will heal themselves.

That's my update for today! I love the fact that I can give such positive reports. Keep those good thoughts, those prayers coming ...