My uncle is off the ventilator. He still has the tracheotomy tube but he's doing so well that his doctors are moving him from the critical care floor to the general nursing floor. I asked God for the sake of His Son's Holy Face to please let my uncle be strong enough to do without the ventilator before the end of the month. He answered my prayers. We still have a long way to go but he is improving. He also will not be going back to his old nursing home. I just don't trust the nurse practitioner or the RNs. My hope is that we can find a permanent nursing home that is closer to my mother so she can visit more than once a week from now on.