Eric, thank you! Getting your response is exactly what I needed. I have been trying for quite a while to get him to sign on and share with all of you. I am more determined than ever to get him active in corresponding with the site. The information you share is realand honest. I can only listen and encourage him. His main caretaker is my Dad who is 85. There are also many caring friends and family. We are hoping he will get out of the rehab soon. There is one more surgery that is being scheduled to take a band off of his flap. Not sure what that means but we are told it will not be a long procedure. Again, I so appreciate your kind words.