Dale's nose tube was removed this morning and they also took out the epideral. They have to wait about 6 hours until they take his cathader out. They removed his small drain tube for his incision by his neck and he pulled his heart monitor off. He said they don't need that anymore, so he just took it off. He is getting very antsy and wants out! They are still scheduled to do the swallow study tomorrow to make sure his new esophagus is not leaking and if that turns out, he gets out tomorrow. Alleluah!