Dear family and friends
Today was a good day!
What a difference a week makes – or in this case, 5 days. I returned from St Louis to see Grayson without a tracheostomy, his beard shaven (except for the goatee and moustache), and standing, sitting and walking on his own with little problem. Wow!
Grayson slept poorly last night, so he was pretty low energy all day. He didn't wake up for speech therapy, and that was too bad for him because custard was on the menu! His next opportunity to eat real food won't be until Monday.
This evening we were visited by his brother and several of Grayson's friends. It was quite lively in the family room as all of us were in there chatting, batting a balloon around, playing games and generally having a good time. Grayson was having a jolly good time, several times listening to the conversation and breaking out into laughter. He also joined in on the conversation at several points and we all listened to him intently, however we had no idea what he was saying. A smile was on his face most of the evening. After about 90 minutes, the energy level of the group became too much for our tired dude, and he retreated to his room – still smiling, I might add!
After shift change, Grayson's nurse for the night came in to take vitals, and thought that she recognized us – well Regina specifically. After talking with her for a bit, it turns out that her full time nursing job is in the Neuro Telemetry Unit of the original hospital Grayson was brought to. She only works one day a week at this hospital, and tonight was her night. She couldn't believe that Grayson was the same thrashing boy that she saw 5 weeks ago in her unit. She was so excited to go back and tell everyone that she too had seen his miraculous progress. Apparently, between Regina talking to the ICU when dropping off the sweets for New Year's Eve, and the visit by one of their respiratory therapists just to check up on him, word has been spreading at the original hospital.
God blesses abundantly one more day!
Pax!
Brant
Hi Brant and Regina:
ReplyDeleteI'll bet that room was rock'n when all of those folks were there! I'm so glad that Grayson "chimed in"!
The progress reports are just jaw dropping--the Lord is doing such a good work, and we keep praying for more waves of wonder to be cascaded upon Grayson and all of you in the days and weeks ahead.
In Him,
Doug
Welcome back, Brant. I'm glad you had good surprises awaiting your return. It's good to hear that Grayson is able to see friends. We're praying for the insurance situation to work out for the long term best. Lots of details and unseen things have to be arranged, I'm sure, but God guides and that is the best news.
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Robin G.
Brant and all, it was great to be able to come and visit on Friday and see Grayon's amazing progress and, perhaps more importantly, to see him so happy. Good to see you Grayson! I know that everything will work out and you'll be back to your old self in no time. Cheers!
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