Gladiator Update

Here are some updates on Luke: We are able to wean him off of the anti seizure medicine. He will officially be done on the 14th:) He has an appointment with the new neurologist on Monday...please pray she is not a Dr. Doom. I have heard good things about her from a few different people, so I am excited. For Speech we are working with Luke on drinking from a cup, sucking , drinking with a straw, and blowing. He is doing good so far with the cup. I tried getting him to suck last night with some fun dips candy, but the little stinker bit off a piece of the hard candy instead. I let him chew it while watching him carefully, just to see what he would do, and he chewed it very quickly and swallowed with no problems. When I think that he is doing all of this with his eyes closed, it makes me that much prouder. When someone is standing next to him and he knows they are there, he will reach his arm up and try to find them. His sounds are getting louder, and he is responding more with smiles...it is a super cute half smile (since his left side nerves are still paralyzed.) He also has a lot better control of his head. I was driving the other day, and his head was starting to lean. I said, "Luke, move your head back to your spiderman pillow." He did it...three different times!!! We took him back to neuro link after a 5 week break, and he was very impressed with where Luke was at since the last time he had seen him. That was very encouraging, and he really thinks the left side is coming around. Just a side story...I have only taken Luke into a store 3 times now, because usually I just run errands when someone has him. Anyway, yesterday on the way to oxygen therapy I realized I had left my book at home. I stopped at Walgreens to get some magazines to read, otherwise it is very boring. Anyway, this lady comes up to me (out of no where) and the only thing she says is, "Your son will be healed." It kind of caught me off guard so I just kind of looked at her, so she said, "No really, your son is going to be healed." I said, "Thank you, I believe that too." And she smiled and walked away. She never even asked me what was wrong with him or anything or if he was my son for that matter. The ironic thing is when most people look at him when he is in the jogging stroller, they just think he is sleeping, not that something is wrong with him. Anyway...I have said it before I will say it lots more times I am sure...but this lady reminded me....Believe...thanks so much for the prayers!!!