Sunday night status of David

Last night David got moved back to a regular room. (It's the same one he had in May and June.)
He was talking a little. His throat is hoarse but also his brain seemed a bit slow too. He ate a big regular dinner of fish and rice. I wasn't there and was shocked because it was 3 pm when he was given permission to swallow anything at all and the surgeon recommended jello and pudding, not even liquids, because he might be uncoordinated and let them slip down the wrong pipe.
He looks weak and fatigued but he laughs at jokes a lot and seems comfortable and patient. He still needs to be able to walk but was not yet interested.
I'm off soon to go see him and will post more later. Also I need to post about the bits and pieces of how this turned out as a diagnostic.