The past few days have been a little more positive for Leighton. We had some positive news yesterday from Craig's Hospital, in that he will have a bed available on Monday the 23rd of February. This is the positive news that we have been waiting for! We are still in the stages of organizing the transportation but at this stage he will be flown to Denver in a special medical plane. Hopefully we will have that confirmed later on this afternoon!
 
On Tuesday Leighton made his first big move towards being ready for Craig's. He has been trying his hardest not to use the self feed pain relief through an IV and Tuesday morning he was able to be taken off the IV and IV feed pain medication. This is a very big step because he is still in a very large amount of pain, but he is very determined to get to Craig's and start his rehab. Know being off the IV also means that he has to make sure that he keeps up on his fluids as well.
 
Leighton has been struggling most of all mentally! The fact that he may not walk again, the fact that he will never race at the professional level of motocross again and the fact that it is such an unknown outcome. With a broken bone the doctor may say it will take 6 or 8 weeks and you will be fine. With spinal injuries the best answer a doctor can give you is, you may walk again but you may not walk again. This is a very hard thing to deal with.  He had a visit from a psychologist today by the name of Dr Hill. "He told me just to tell him exactly how I felt," Lillie explained, "it helped a lot."   Dr Hill has also tried to help him out by not only talking to him but also putting him on some anti anxiety pills, which should help him coup a little better with the mental side of things!
 
Leighton made his first big step towards being able to sit up by himself. Yesterday with the help of some physiotherapists, he able to sit with his custom made back brace, on the edge of the bed for 8 minutes. Although Leighton was in a large amount of pain, he is very happy to have made that progress.
 
We would also like to that Dr Roger Lyss for all of his help. It is very much appreciated Roger.
 
Thanks everyone for the support, but the battle is only just beginning so please keep up all the great support, Leighton appreciates all the support he can get! Thank you for all the emails Leighton reads them all. supportll27@hotmail.com