Taking Things One Step At A Time

Aww, this is such nice news:

With a little help, [Randal McCloy] the sole survivor of the Sago Mine disaster stood for the first time since the accident, and puckered his lips when his wife asked for a kiss, doctors said Friday.
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"There is definitely a better connection with her than anybody else," [Dr. Russell] Biundo said. "What we all want is a connection so that when I say, `Lift one finger,' he does it. Boom, then we have a party."

Yes, indeed. Every little bit forward for this guy is something to be happy about.

UPDATE:

As far as I can tell, the commands he's been able to respond to so far were mainly given by his wife, so he's on a pretty narrow frequency right now.
Also, regarding that National Enquirer photo I wrote about earlier:

Also on Friday, lawyers for the McCloys sued The National Enquirer and the supermarket tabloid’s parent, America Media Inc., to block them from republishing a photograph of the injured miner in his hospital bed.

The complaint contends the tabloid paid Randal McCloy’s brother, Matthew, $800 to take the photo, and claims it was an invasion of privacy because the miner was in a coma and could not consent, The Exponent Telegram of Clarksburg reported.

The suit seeks at least $75,000 in compensatory and punitive damages.

The tabloid has no plans to republish the photo, its lawyer, Jay S. Bowen, said in a letter.

I read this wrong at first. This suit is about not REpublishing the photos. It would have been good if they could have gotten in there with the lawyers before the first publishing, but with Randal's situation, I can imagine they were quite busy.