Major Progress: TJ Lavin Talking, Breathing on Own

Great news today out of the camp of TJ Lavin: the BMX star, who was placed in a medically-induced coma following a terrible crash on October 14, is speaking and breathing on his own.

"He's answering questions," friend and business partner Chas Aday told People. "He'll say 'yes' a little bit and he knows where he is, but he's not opening his eyes yet."

This is considered major progress for the host of MTV's The Challenge, who has been in the trauma unit of a Las Vegas hospital for over a week.

Aday says his friend will need rehab to "get back to normal," but doctors don't expect there to be any resulting bran damage from the accident. Their next step will to perform surgery on his broken wrist.

"We're waiting on the orthopedic surgeon on when they're going to do that," Aday says. "Then we'll see when he'll be [released]. He may be there another week."

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