It was a long day, but an okay day.

Ian's liver is not responding as fast as they'd hoped, but it appears to be responding. The next couple of days and labs will be crucial to showing how well things are adapting.

Ian spent most of the day awake and alert, which was nice. We watched a lot of Thomas the Train and Bob the Builder, with a couple Christmas movies thrown in for good measure. He is doing well, and is back to talking and showing lots of interest in doing his normal things. He asked multiple times today to get down and play with trains on the floor. I gently told him no and explained why each time, and he seemed to be okay with things as long as he got an explanation.

He also had a bowel movement today (TMI, anyone?)! I missed it because I left for a few minutes to get some dinner. Anyway, signs point to recovery, but we are not out of the woods!