the outside adventures of Ford Riley

it was a good day.

Ford discovered that he can look at his hand - he spent a good few minutes transfixed with, and cross-eyed at, his fist:
tres amusant.

THEN, for the first time, we were allowed to take him on a walk outside of his room! this was talked about a few days ago - that they'd track down the oxygen tank on wheels and we could head out into the halls and grounds of the hospital. today we decided to give it a go, and they'd since decided he could just be off his oxygen for the duration of our wandering. he's on such a small amount - 1/8 litre - that his sats have only a slight dip without it. our accessories, therefore, were minimal - just his feeding pump, voila:


after a quick stop at the lobby's Second Cup, we head out on to the grass for Ford's first breath of fresh air!

it was very enjoyable and we had a full two hours of it before we had to be back on the ward for a 4pm med.

we recorded this bit of video of our reveling in the sun:



meanwhile, they moved us from the noisy spot of room 12 across from the nurse's station, to room 18 - a quiet corner with a view of one of the courtyards and the north shore mountains.

onwards.

p.s. for Elaine and anyone else who noticed and wondered, the new "sesame mucho" banner does feature knit letters. the letters were the second last of my pregnant knitting projects - the last, baby leg warmers, went unfinished (in so much as i only made one). sesame is Ford's nick name, earned early on in the pregnancy!