Great news to share...Brian gets to eat REAL food for the first time tonight! He is breathing better and the doctors and surgeons are pleased with his progress. In fact, they think he will be able to come home on Friday. Between now and then they will be watching the drainage from his chest tube to make sure it tapers off. They do not want to send him home with those tubes still attached. The surgeon feels that even if Brian's WBC continues to be high, he will still get to come home because his team has addressed all of the issues they felt were potentially threatening to Brian's recovery. The surgeon told us, "We treat the patient not just the numbers."