A whopee day .............

Well to-day was a real whopee day!! Dougie was up and about in a chair for the first time!!
OK, so it was a 'special' one (a bit like a super recliner) and he wasn't sitting bolt upright but never the less it was quite an achievement especially since he was on the BiPap ventilator breathing normal air (i.e. no added oxygen).
He spent a total of 4 hours in it, much to the surprise of the nursing staff who'd expected more like an hour by which time he'd be tired out. He was lifting his head off the back and moving his head around very well. In addition his right leg had developed enough thrust to shove the contraption across the floor ...... Go Dougie ... go !!!! He nearly wore me out acting as a thrust pad!
His left leg was also moving much more and, to top off a really good day, we got a somewhat shaky hand wave when we said goodnight!! Needless to say, our cup runneth over so to speak.
He's back on full ventilator for the night to rest but will revert to BiPap tomorrow .. and the chair of course, provided he's not too tired.

Mind you, seeing him sitting up really points out how much muscle loss there has been over the past month - it's not surprising that he gets tired moving.
He also has a long way to go in re-establishing co-ordination. He does seem to have mastered the 'thumb touches finger' test on his right hand although he had a little difficulty touching his little finger.
Whoopee indeed ..................... :-) :-) :-)

Iain