Drew getting better day by day!

So far Drew is responding well. He continues to recover slowly and has a lot of great feedback from the nurses and physical therapists who are working with him. Mom says he has therapy Mon to Fri every day during the day.

There is not much to report – he has his bouts of depression – you can see it on his face but he is starting to look very healthy. His hair really grew fast!!! He has his really wide eye attentive days and droopy eyes days or even a mix of both! – it all depends on how hard his days are - therapy wise and the visitors he might have. He is starting to move more and more such as his head, left arm and leg. When I propped him up last night, he look like he was determined to get out of his bed, poor thing. We all continue to encourage him to move, move and move as much as possible.

Yesterday, he is supposed to get the breathing tube off his neck – but it was still on when I visited him – a nurse said most likely will take it off today – very good news – this means he is now breathing very well on his own. They closed his breathing tube a couple days ago.

My family and I continue to visit him daily, as much as possible, talk to him/chat with him, read to him by putting his favorite books in front of his face to be able to read and putting on dvd movies for him before we go – I’ve been holding up his Manga books in front of him at a certain distance and flipping the pages when he closes his eyes – it’s hard to tell if he understands you but so far – he catches little things… I told him to blink slowly when he wants me to flip the page… don’t automatically think he can really respond by blinking… it isn’t always certain.

Another tiny good sign mom told me about was – he was asked to cough to check something and he did!

If you can visit him – please feel free to wake him up if is sleeping; make him comfortable if he doesn’t look comfortable; ask the nurses any questions if you you’re uncertain about something; always encourage him and give him “pep talks!”

Til the next posting! :)