Robert finally gets up

Today has been a tentative day, but ending very nicely.

Robert slept with us all night.  He was doing fine until my alarm went off in the morning to take Devon to work.  That noise immediately gave him a head ache.  He took some Tylenol before I left him with Jessica (while I went with Devon to work).  I felt so sorry for him.  When I returned he was watching TV with Jessica and Marissa up in my room, but still had the head ache.

It was a very good day for Robert in that he stayed awake most of the day!  On the other hand he didn't feel like getting out of bed the entire day either.  He did however, go to the bathroom on his own - that was the first bit of walking he had done except for coming into the house last night.

Robert ate a good but small lunch consisting of chicken noodle soup and crescent rolls, water and more Tylenol in bed in my room.  For dinner I had Robert come down stairs to eat at the kitchen table.  It was a test to see how he would do with movement.  He ate french toast and water.  He did great.  He was able to come down stairs by himself (one step at a time), eat, and then he went down one more flight of stairs to start the night's entertainment:  Harry Potter:  7 part 1.  Robert even went back upstairs to cook popcorn and brought popcorn down for himself and me.  He seems to be doing really well considering the severity of his injury two days ago.  This is very promising, but we are still going to take things very easy for the next few days.

All in all a great day of progress!