Doug has a new best friend! We haven't named it yet but its a fairly large heart shaped pillow. He hugs it to help with the pain of breathing, moving, coughing, sneezing, etc. It helps to protect the incision and from ripping the wire sutures out which would be very bad. Around 4 today they got him up and he walked a few steps and sat up in a chair for about 3 hours. It was quite the ordeal getting him back in bed amongst all the tubing and everything he's hooked up to! Tomorrow they say will be the hardest day partly because he'll be so tired and because he'll have to get up and sit up 3 different times! Thank you for all your prayers! We're feeling them!