no longer in ICU

Today Mark got to move from the ICU to a private room which is pretty nice with its own bathroom and no other roommates. He's no longer connected to any tubes except an IV for fluids. His speech seems to be getting a bit better and he seems to be gaining alot more control of his right leg. His right arm is still according to Mark, "jacked up" but...there is definitely some improvement. Dr. Liau came to visit and again mentioned that we were waiting for final pathology and readings of the MRI he got to have at 3am!! Physical therapy is most likely going to start tomorrow and we're taking bets to see if he'll get out on either Thursday or Friday. The anesthesiologist from the surgery came to check up as well and had some funny stories of Mark during surgery...apparently he was cracking them up in the operating room when they had to wake him up to test his functions mid-surgery. Apparently he answered some of the questions in Spanish trying to be smart, but Dr. Liau wouldn't have it ;) He then told them all how much he loved them all and once surgery was done, as he was being wheeled to PCU he was exclaiming over and over, "You guys are rockstars!!!"