He lived to see his 23rd birhtday...

"From Texas: This past week we celebrated Daniel’s 23rd birthday. Eight weeks ago we didn’t know if we would still have him with us on this birthday, so this celebration had extra special meaning. (He was born on St Patrick’s day, with red hair of course.) Our celebration this week was family-sized, but he did have a whale-sized going-away party when he left college. We took him to lunch at his favorite restaurant – “Saltgrass” where he enjoyed steak and fried shrimp. He is still trying to pack on a few more pounds to regain what he lost in the hospital. Daniel has a red, ‘chin-strap’ type beard which he says will stay until he is able to play basketball again. I have to endure the beard while he endures the activity limitations. I look forward to his clean-shaven ‘BYU’ standards’ face again. He gets to start driving this week. Happy event for him. He will now drive himself to cardiac rehab three days per week, and to the chiropractor once a week. (He was getting severe headaches after the hospital, and he gets his neck adjusted to relieve the pain.) Daniel’s X-box broke a few days after arrival in Texas. But he sent it off for repairs and it came back on his birthday. So I counted that as his birthday present. He plays a snowboarding game, since he won’t be back on the real slopes until next winter. Daniel is doing well with his recovery and plans to head back to college for summer semester, so he can get back on track. We continue to be amazed at his speedy recovery and return to normalcy. "