day 25 ,Wednesday 11pm

Got word on the Xrays taken yesterday and they look improved. The air bubble is no longer apparent , much to the pulmenologists amazement. The latest prognosis is that Sam will have near 100% recovery. The left lung apparently is normal and the right lung shows little signs of scarring. Sam will be mountain climbing in no time. We are still on target for release in 36 hrs !! Then Sam is back home for convalesence ....we have the hospital-home bound tutor arranged so Sam should be hitting the books come monday...he has a lot of catching up to do. Barring some complication (eg. flu, which will knock Sam about in his weakened condition) the prediction is anywhere between 2 and 10 weeks before Sam is strong enough to return to regular school. The suggestion is that he start on 1/2 days next month sometime then to see how it goes.