Day 533 – Grayson’s Journey

Dear family and friends

As promised, I will give you an update on Grayson from Sunday as well as today.

On Sunday, Grayson woke up very groggy. He was slow in the room and his slowness extended into his first lesson in the morning. After trying several things, Grayson finally started to act alert just before lunch. The secret was giving him some downhill speed to keep him alert!

His afternoon yesterday was much better. He actually had three instructors Sunday afternoon – a father-daughter pair and an assistant. Grayson worked very well with them, especially the 15 year-old daughter. She is a member of the local race team and a ski instructor that has been volunteering time at Disabled Sports Eastern Sierras (DSES). What a great kid! Here is a shot of the parade going down the mountain working on turns!

We finished our last lesson of the season, said our good-byes at DSES, then went back to the inn to change clothes and finish packing. We did that in short order and were on our way home well before 6:00 PM. After an uneventful drive we arrived home at 11:30 PM.

Today Grayson got to sleep in until his normal 9:00 AM time – quite a change from his 7:00 AM vacation-time wake up call. After his morning routine we all piled into the car and drove to the USC Health Sciences campus for a follow-up exam with his cardiologist. There we had some minor med changes and we scheduled a procedure for June. That procedure should eliminate one of his meds going forward and eliminate the case of his arrhythmias.

It was over 90° here today – quite a change from Mammoth! It suddenly feels like summer!

Pax!

Brant