Good news....

Despite the roller coaster of information over the past few days, the "big cheese" who is the Director of Neurosurgery was in a little while ago. What a great guy! He wanted to watch the video, thought it was cool. It's actually quite good that he had that since you can hear him the whole time so he didn't lose consciousness. The neurosurgeon is not seeing spinal cord injury and doesn't think surgery is needed, at least not on an emergent basis. He seems to think the nerves were pulled when Chip crashed and it may just get better with time. If it doesn't then they'll look at surgery. You have to trust a surgeon who doesn't want to operate! He let Chip take the brace off which made him a happy boy! There are more tests to be done and I'm not sure if he's ready for discharge but this is the first positive news we've had. To say i am relieved doesn't cut it!

Now he's really resting comfortably between having a sponge bath (courtesy of Nurse Ratchet), losing the neck brace and the mental relief of gearing his spinal cord is okay.

Life is good today! Let's keep things going in this direction!