[Gray said his team has started working with the federal Food and Drug Administration on a possible discharge plan for Tools, who has been allowed to leave the hospital for short periods since his initial excursion.] It will take several months to work it out, ... and it's too early to give a discharge date. |
Certainly the progress with the patient has been extremely pleasing, and I think it really surpasses any expectations that I've ever had, |
He is much better than Rob and I would have expected considering how sick he was, |
He wanted me to express his very sincere appreciation to all of the people in the world who have expressed their prayers and support for him, |
I can't even predict the complications that we are going to have to deal with in the future, ... And we will have them. |
Mr. Tools is now 85 days out and is doing extremely well, ... He's eating on his own, his nutrition is not what we want at this point but it's improving. |
We really have not seen anything to date that is unusual for the degree of illness that the gentleman has, |