John has started “sit up trials”. For the first two days he sat up elevated in bed for two sessions of 15 minutes each. Today, the two time periods will be extended to 30 minutes each. The time periods will increase every two days until he is sitting up in bed for 90 minutes, twice a day. They will then move sitting trials to a chair starting back at 15 minutes.  As long as his flap surgeries look healthy they will continue the trials. He does have a small area where the flap did not take, but this should not hold up the trials. When he can sit up in his chair for two 90 minute periods without new damage to his backside, they will approve his move to the Rehabilitation Institute of Oregon.  At this time, sitting up tends to make John very dizzy. We hope that this gets better with time.