More for Thursday

Dear All,

Today has been a truly amazing, miraculous day.  Jason is now using full sentences, he can recognize the people around him, he knows who the President is, and more.  He's still sleeping most of the time, but this is fine.  His body has been through a lot in the last 5 days!

I thought you might like to hear about some of the things he's said that has had us laughing today.  Here are just a few...

1. This morning the physical therapist and nurse were moving him---forcing him to get out of bed.  As he sat on the edge of the bed, one woman supporting him on each side, the doctors came by making their rounds.  Tracy, his nurse, said, "Oh look, the doctors are here."  They poked their heads in and Jason gave a casual, half-wave and said "Oh hey."
   
2. When they told him to stand he said "What are you talking about?  You must be crazy."
   
3. The PT asked him to perform a number of tasks for her, including thumbs up and touching his finger to his nose.  She said, "Jason are you listening to me?  Are you going to do what I said?" and he replied "Oh yes ma'am."
   

But the one that takes the cake is:  Aaron and Max, two good friends of Jason's stopped by the hospital this afternoon to visit him.  At the time he was sitting upright in a chair (this was after the exhaustion of the PT visit), and was noticeably tired.  When they came in I was sitting next to Jason.  I yelled his name and shook him to wake him up.  I yelled, "Jason?  Jason, do you know who these people are sitting across from you?"  He mumbled, "yeah.." and trailed off.  "Jason," I yelled, "What are their names?"  He didn't answer so I yelled this a few more times.  Then he snapped, "I know their names," and fell asleep again. So I yelled back, "Ok then, what are their names?"  He took a second and muttered "Raphael and Domingo."  In his exhausted, sleepy state Jason still had the strength (and brain power) to make a snappy, wise-ass comment like that one.  God I love him!

As always thank you all for your warm wishes!  I've found such joy in reading all of your loving, encouraging comments.  They've really made me smile.

Isabel