Day 68 – Grayson’s Condition

Dear family and friends

Today was another good day.

But first, I forgot to mention that Grayson had a haircut yesterday! His cousin who is in the business, came by to sheer his growing locks. The last haircut he had was just prior to his incident in November, so he was overdue! Here is a post haircut portrait of Grayson and his stylist.

Grayson continues to speak more clearly, but he is markedly better in the morning than he is in the evening. By nightfall, he is just too tired to put in the effort. In a related note, as speech therapy is also the gateway to all things administered orally, Grayson is now taking his medications in pill form orally. This is a huge step, and means that we can now remove the feeding tube before moving him to post-acute rehab next week.

We have had a pile of visitors this week – relatives from both sides of the family, friends from USC and Flintridge Prep, Scout friends, church friends and other friends. Tonight his brother and his girlfriend came by to visit. We played Kings in the Corner and afterward we watched, "The Matrix".

In response to numerous requests for food pictures, here is our attempt. Regina got to the hospital too late to capture the entire presentation, but here is a picture of a partially demolished plate with the pureed peas still left. Note the pureed peas have been molded into a pea-like shape. Grayson helped himself, so there wasn't much left to photograph. This is so cool!

We are very close to our next move. The final touches and negotiations are underway between the insurance company and the facility. Assuming we can get an agreement in place Monday, we could move as early as Tuesday. This is yet again an exciting time as we prepare to close one more chapter and open another. God is leading us in a wonderful direction!

Pax!

Brant