James came home for the weekend for the first time in 7 months last weekend!  He enjoyed himself greatly!  He wanted me to take pictures of him with all the pets so he could show them to the hospital staff.  We got pictures of him with some of the pets and then I just started taking pictures without James in them!  He also went to church for the first time since his accident.  He did very well and enjoyed seeing everone again! 

He is doing great in his therapies.  He is walking with just one person assist using the wall rails in the hallway.  His balance and his core strength are starting to really return.  He is taking a writing class and loving it.  His printing is getting quite legible.  He is starting to really text and use his facebook messaging without assistance and a few people have recieved messages from him.  He is doing well at his speech and language therapies,  progress there is slow,  but it is progress!  He is starting to dress himself.  He is able to get his shirt on and off himself and needs just a bit of assistance with pants.

We are heading home again this weekend and looking foreward to a long weekend!  The plan is to go home for the weekend every week now!

We bumped into the neuro surgeon who did James' surgery today!  It was really cool because he recognized us right away,  and was very pleasently surprized!  He may come up to visit James tomorrow morning!  He said that he might make it for physio tomorrow! After the surgery he really didnt think that James would wake up and told us that he would be paralyzed on his right side,  so I am super pleased that James was able to prove him wrong!