HE WALKED!!! Bill had an eventful night and so far an eventful morning!

When I got here this morning, Bill has his boxing glove mittens on. Apparently during the night his nurse Corey looked in on him and...HE WAS STANDING BESIDE THE BED! Apparently he needed to use the bathroom so he got up! Because his bed is a special one that keeps air circulating and moving, it is not hooked into the system for alarms that all of the other beds are. So, they had to leave his door open all night and put the mitts on so that he couldn't use his hands to pull himself up. He also pulled off his oxygen and probe!

When physical therapy came in he sat well and, twice, walked from the middle of the room to a wall. The only reason he did it twice was because I was talking to the speech pathologist and missed it! The occupational therapist was here at the same time and she saw how strong his arms really are. He hadn't wanted to work with her, but she's got his number now. She's going to get some wrist supports and some hand exercisers to build some strength.

Speech may come back later this morning. He's really tired now and sleeping. His procedure is not going to be until this afternoon so I don't know how he'll feel afterward and if he will be able to get up. She brought me a "biting" tool for him to use to  practice moving his tongue around in his mouth, kinda like a teething ring. But, he has to learn how to bite again and move his tongue to move food around.

As I said, his procedure is going to be this afternoon sometime. I'm not sure when, or how long it will take. Ann also wants to take him back outside today, this morning if possible. It's hot and muggy today and is supposed to rain this afternoon.

So, it's only 10:20 and we've had a monumental day! I'll let you know when the procedure is finished.