This afternoon Veronica was brought out of the ICU to a regular hospital room.  When she arrived at the new room, she got out of the wheelchair and walked with help from the nurse to a chair about 12 feet away.  She was given the choice of laying down or trying to sit.  She chose to sit.  A short while later she walked with me to the bathroom which was about 15 feet away.  After that, we walked back to the bed.  She was exhausted but stayed sitting up on the side of the bed.  The more time she spends sitting up, and moving the faster she will recover.  The OT came a little while later.  Veronica at first walked with the OT and me helping.  She then took a walker all the way out of the room.  She turned around in the hallway and made it all the way back to the bed.  When the OT asked Veronica if she could speed up, she did.  She is exhausted now.  The doctors and nurses are working diligently to manage the pain.  Vestibular therapy is really hard, but whenever the shecklets are mentioned or asked about she fights through.  During what I hope is the hardest day of her life she is still a mommy first.