We had a nice long talk with Mia last night as she was driving home from being with Gary all day. She said that he does have a roommate who's older and kind of grumpy, but he can get up and get into a wheelchair by himself so he goes out of the room a lot. Mia said that after Gary's bath yesterday, she raised the head of his bed so he was sitting up and she said he stayed that way almost 4 hours! She also said that he took his hand, raised it to his nose and scratched it! He also smiled at her again.

She was going to take his drum sticks today since he kept holding his hands as though he was playing drums, just to see if he would do something with them. And then she said, "He might throw them at me (or the nurses)! ha She also said that he kept putting his hands down on his legs and pulling at the sheet and she figured out that he was trying to prepare to get up. That's what he always did to his pants legs when he was trying to get up out of the bed or a chair.

The physical therapist evaluated him yesterday and said that they would get him into a cardiac chair 3 times a week and more if he was ok with being in it. Mia seems to think he's ready for that and will enjoy it.

His blood gasses all checked out good, his wound care assessment was good and they are very self conscious about that in their hospital, plus they are ordering him a certain kind of mattress. They've adjusted his meds slightly and will do more if needed.

Mia is very impressed with the doctor (Dr. Michael Lieber and you can google his name and hit "I'm feeling lucky" and see his picture and credentials). He's the medical director for the hospital as well as Gary's primary care doc. She was hoping to get to meet with him today or tomorrow.

All of his pictures are back on his walls and Mia said the nurse said, "Honey, what if we have to move him?" Mia said, "I can have them all down in 20 minutes!" Bless her heart, she's moved them 3 times now, but she wants him to see something he recognizes when he opens his eyes which is a lot more now.

God is so good! Please give Him a special thanks today and keep praying!

Love to all, Nancy and Bill

P.S. We're going to the Cato Homecoming today (for those of you who know where Cato is).