He is doing much better. More procedures tomorrow. He is in York, Maine. I sent some friends the phone number there yesterday and their switch board lit up. The lady answering the phone said, "What's going on? Who is this guy?" HA!
Not many people know this, but he was involved in a head-on collision at age 20 when a drunk driver came across into his lane at high speed. Broke his steering wheel off and the streering column busted his sternum among other things. They suspect scar tissue from that incident was part of the problem, not to mention being over weight, etc.
I'm the one who is really screwed though. This means I will now have to hang all his stands, drag all his critters and probably have to go get the truck anytime he has to walk up hill from here on in :>(