Awake Again!

After a pretty quiet day yesterday, and another quiet morning, Liam's been up for about half an hour now and has been interacting a ton!

The nurses had him up in the cardiac chair, and his eyes gradually opened and he started slowly looking around. He was nodding yes or no to questions, and started pointing at the bulletin board at the cards people have sent in. I asked him if he wanted to check them out and he nodded yes. I showed him a picture of Dave Burke, Jonah, and himself during a spring break trip in college (they were dressed like make-shift pirates) and he cracked a smile looking at it. He also smiled when a hot assistant nurse turned around and I gave him a knowing nod, thumbs up, and cheesy grin. He knew what was going on. Another funny thing he did...I was reading cards to him, and asked him if the girl that wrote it was hot. He shook his hand, the universal sign for so-so.

I pointed to cards and pictures on the wall, and he shook his head yes or no if he wanted me to take them down and show them to him and read them. So, keep sending those cards, because he was definitely interested in them, and I read him all the ones that we have here.

Erika came in, and he gave her a one-armed hug. The nurse asked him to say his name, and he moaned an ET like "Liiiiaaaammm."

Other things he did:

• ask for water, with the universal drinking sign (he can't have it yet)
  
• wiped his own mouth and nose
• blew his nose
• gave me a high five when I told him I was getting a new bike tomorrow (unasked for)
• shook his head "no" when we asked if it was okay if Mat road his Buell
• made a fist for a fist-bump

I need to help move him back to his bed, so I'll add more later. He looks like he is heading back to sleep now.

Another step forward!

Joel