Lynn is continuing to make progress in baby steps, but progress still the same. Today during the neuro exam, when the doctor initiated the very painful stimulus and told him to open his eyes, he opened them for about 5 seconds which is about 4 seconds longer than yesterday. He has also for at least the moment, been taken off the ventilator and is breathing through the trach completely on his own with only oxygen being delivered through the trach. They started this as a trial about 30 minutes ago and he has done so well, they will leave him off as long as he can handle it, although they may give him a rest during the night. They also got him up for the first time into a cardiac chair so he was in a sitting up position for a while. It was kind of funny because it just looked like he was sleeping in the chair. I feel that each day Lynn is getting closer and closer to waking up.