Day 118 – Grayson’s Condition

Dear family and friends

It has been a busy weekend for Grayson, and it's not over yet! Regina, Lauren, Austin, Xixi and I arrived Friday night. We had a short visit while Grayson prepared his dinner, then he was off to the grocery store for shopping on the one of the busses.

Normally grocery shopping is a Saturday morning task. Today instead of shopping, Grayson participated in the 3rd Annual Statewide Walk For Thought, a benefit for the California Brain Injury Association. Just a few months ago, it was unclear if he would walk. Today he walked in the event. What a special opportunity to raise the awareness of brain injury, and to help raise funds.

After he returned, Grayson joined us for a shopping trip for a few hours, as we helped Austin and Xixi get ready for their upcoming Mammoth ski trip. We returned to the residence and Grayson got to do some of his therapeutic home program (THP) questions with his resident assistant (RA) for about 30 minutes.

At around 4:00 PM, two friends from USC's Bovard Auditorium staff came and joined us for the rest of the day. We went to the rec center and sang karaoke, told stories, talked and laughed until dinnertime. We all went to dinner and had a lovely time until it was time for the USC friends to head home, and Grayson to go to bed. It was a wonderful evening, and Grayson was well behaved the entire time, though his judgment and social grace is still a bit off. He is still a friendly and loving guy – we'll cut him some slack on the social grace part. The judgment simply requires supervision for now.

So you see, it was a busy day. Tomorrow the weekend continues with church in the morning, followed by some adventure in the afternoon!

Pax!

Brant