Update (clever, huh)

Jim is still in the hospital, with the possibility that he may be released this evening or tomorrow. The decision was made to apply focused radiation treatment to the ribs that are broken.  He received his first treatment yesterday, and will be administered a daily dose through Tuesday, out patient.  This will hopefully alleviate the worst of the pain, allowing him to cut back on the meds that were creating all sorts of unintended consequences.  He will also be assessed by the physical therapy specialists to decide what he is able and not able to do (like stairs, for example).  

Overall the improvement since Tuesday is amazing.  He went in over-medicated, yet in terrible pain.  As of yesterday a pesky infection in both eyes has abated after a whole month, he is lucid and we have our old Jim back.   Now we need to figure out how to maintain that status.