Baby Steps

Today, James finally got out of bed and into a chair! :)

Sitting up was his first step toward taking actual steps, and at the end of the day we put him on his feet. Still too unsteady to stand, but tomorrow we'll see if we can get him to walk a few steps, maybe across the room.

James is completely off IV drips, getting just IV injections for things he can't take orally, and all of his central arterial and venous lines have been taken out. No pumps, no machines, just James and his new blood pathway system. He even drank some bottle and ate some jello and chicken soup broth.

Still not much in the way of talking, James tended to do more croaking today, but just after the doctor on call removed his last central line and was about to walk away, James uttered his first full phrase since the surgery: "thank you, doctor." :) It was a bit garbled and hard to hear or understand, but a great sign James is taking some great baby steps to recovery.

Tomorrow: walking, more eating, and maybe some more speaking. 

Dinner and a Movie