Just talked to Dr. Yip and the biopsy was fine, no signs of rejection! Another small step forward. They usually do weekly biopsies but since he is still so imobile and has so much scar tissue in his groin, they may hold off until they can do it through the neck as they usually do.

He's been in the chair for 5 1/2 hours and has tolerated it well. He's also been on straight oxygen through the trach. He's sounding pretty "junky" but is getting suctioned. He's also been snoring some and they can hear him down the hallway! I think they're going to get him back to bed before long and do it over again tomorrow.

He still hasn't responded a lot to anyone. Hopefully he was just up all night, although his night nurse told me that he rested during the night. I think they are going to try to keep him more stimulated during the day and keep things really dark and quiet at night, at least as dark and quiet as an ICU unit can be!