Sunday August 12

We are very pleased that Christopher has been moved out of the ICU into his own room. Big day, 5 weeks after his accident!

He is in room 240 @ Shepard Center.  They continue to reduce the ventilator setting weaning him off of it. He has been breathing on his own with positive pressure to ensure his volume is adequate( helps keep his lungs expanded on expiration) Christopher has tolerated this well. 

The staff have gotten him dressed and up into his wheelchair both Saturday and today. He has slept most of the time on both occasions. Pretty exhausting. Tomorrow he will have a feeding tube (PEG tube) placed during surgery at Piedmont. This will allow him to receive more nutrition with lots of calories to help him heal. It appears he does have a torn ACL and MCL on his right knee (  anterior cruciate and medial cruciate ligaments)so he is wearing a hinged brace at this time until he can have it surgically repaired. We are still waiting on a MRI. 

Much of his physical therapy will begin tomorrow,  and he is also scheduled for speech therapy. It is going to be a big day. Thanks for all the prayers.