On Saturday morning they told us we could pick him up, but when we went in an hour or so later they had changed their minds as Max was still working hard on his breathing. They did however suggest we took him out for a wander so with Tommy who was visiting, we went off down the high street for a sandwich and coffee. Massimo was unsettled but happy to be out and about watching the world go by. After we took him back we did his routine weekly trachy change. He seemed much happier with the fresh tube and in the evening, when J went back for a second visit, the nurses said we could bring him home. At that point, J sensibly decided to leave him where he was for the night and we collected him this morning. He is still requiring a little oxygen sporadically during the day, but he is much more his old self and it is good to have him home. Amongst his new tricks he has learnt to blow rather loud raspberries, this time with his tongue between his lips, giving them quite some power. He has also learnt to put his hand inside the back of his nappy and sometimes also down the front taking the sticky tapes off. Quite frankly Max, if you want to take your own nappy off you can only do so when you have learnt to put a fresh one back on!