Day 67 – Grayson’s Condition

Dear family and friends

Today was another good day!

Regina arrived at the hospital this morning in time to feed Grayson his breakfast. As I mentioned in previous postings, he is on solid, but pureed, food now. Regina remarked to me tonight what a wonderful job they do with the pureed food. They try to make it look like the real thing by forming the puree into shapes that represent the food. For example, the pureed carrots were formed into carrot looking shapes; the pureed pancake was formed into a pancake shape, and syrup was poured over it; the pureed sausage was formed into patty shapes – wonderful presentation for pre-chewed food! Bless the kitchen staff for their efforts – they are appreciated.

For Grayson, today was a fine motor skill day. He spent a lot of time working with his fingers, and using his speaking voice. He worked at threading a shoelace through small holes, he played cards with this therapist, he worked on writing capital letters – lots of things that sound simple, but to him require massive concentration and focus. At the end of his therapy today, he slept for three hours!

Tonight Grayson had more visitors. One of them is an old friend from church that also went with Grayson and I to the 2001 National Scout Jamboree. Here is a picture of our 2001 Jamboree Troop in front of our gateway at Ft A P Hill in Virginia. (Grayson is standing next to me in the back row.) This old Scout buddy and his sister brought pudding for Grayson – what an added treat!

God has blessed us with special treats from the hospital kitchen, a caring staff that rejoices with every step forward that Grayson makes, and even insurance specialists that are trying to make the choice for our next facility work. All things are possible!

Pax!

Brant