Danny still has a lot of secretions in his lungs and due to the spinal cord injury the muscles normally used for coughing have become weak. This is why they have not yet removed the intubation tube. They are discussing putting in a trach and removing the tube. They have lessened his sedation this morning to see how much he can cough and the doctors are all discussing if the trach can be put in with the other incision he had for the spinal surgery...