Thank you Paula, Liz, shootme, and EVERYONE!
This is the latest:
I won't know if Greg is having surgery until after 8 in the am. It is called a "special surgery"
and that schedule isn't available until then. He is not scheduled for regular OR surgery like I thought. Attaching the halo to his head is the surgery tentatively scheduled for tomorow.
This will stabilize his head and neck and allow his fx to heal. I got my wires crossed yesterday, I believed the halo was an apparatus for support. Instead it will take the place of more invasive surgery. This is a relief. I was told he would have to wear the halo for months, but he can eat, walk about, etc and not have to stay in ICU that entire time.

(His nurse also told me that she had seen similar patients with Greg's exact fx in the neck and they were paralyzed) I am just amazed. Greg is not! In fact, he won't be still. LOL. Another reason for the choice of the halo.

Greg is doing well with the weaning off the vent. He is on C-Pap settings on the vent which is just the final step before taking him off. :thumbsup:

Greg has a temp of 101.7 and so too does our little Anna of 101. (she has ear infections in both ears). I won't be able to go tomorrow. I am not 100 percent sure they will put the halo on tomorrow due to his temp. (more rounds of cultures), that will depend on his dr and how Greg is in the am. His nurse did tell me if it is done it will be in the afternoon. But I am not worried at all about his procedure, it has at times been performed at the hospital bedside. I feel that the worst is behind Greg and it is time for some blue sky days ahead.

Again, God bless you all and have a starry, starry night. Nora