Big changes this morning. Ella is awake and more and more alert. We have been sitting her up in bed and she is watching videos and reacting to things around her. She even started making her sounds, semi-talking noises. We started feeding her some applesauce through a syringe and she objects and eats it. It is difficult to tell if she isn’t interested or if it is just Ella isms. She never likes to be fed she wants to manage it on her own. It looks like the pain isn’t too bad at this stage, She is only getting Tylenol and not complaining too much except when moved. I’m glad. The swelling is still massive on her right side with her barely able to open the right eye. But it is definitely Ella under all that. The plan at the moment is to move her to a regular ward this afternoon. At that point they will disconnect her from all the cables except one IV line. Hopefully we will be able to hold her and maybe even start walking a bit tomorrow. It is amazing some parents skip this part of parenting altogether. For us it is just part of being Ella’s parents. Netta was in to visit Ella throughout, she looks at her, not totally getting what is going on. I wonder what she makes of this.