Day 21.....Three weeks in. The steps are small but miraculous none the less. Ty had his CT of the head facial bones, and chest today. These will be reviewed by the doctors tomorrow to see the cranial nerves are pinched or damaged and if there are any surgical procedures that may be done to help them. The surgeons have decided Tyler needs a procedure to stabilize the right lung. This maybe don next week sometime. But if the craniofacial (head and face) surgeons feel they need to do any surgical procedures, they will then correlate with the cardiovascular doctors so he only has to go under general anesthesia once. He has been off the vent for over 24 HOURS!!!!! and has been doing very well on his own with a oxygen mask. The chest tube is still in. He was up in his special chair for about an hour and a half today. He still remains in a coma, but will follow simple commands as before. It takes a great deal of energy to breathe on his own, and to do what PT (physical therapy) asks of him, so he sleeps a lot in the afternoon and eve thus responds less. But he is still fighting and working as hard as his body will allow. As per request as to where to bring food, you can bring it to the hospital and Kara and Bob can store it in the room at Ronald McDonald House. Food can be taken to Bob and Marcia's house in Van Wert ( Bobby's parents) or Mia Keirns house in Van Wert (Kara's sister). Thank you to everyone for the wonderful support.