Sweet Soul

Luke continues to respond to basic commands. Our favorite new one is he will pull a trigger on a toy gun. For those of you that don't know, Luke loves to go hunting with Mike so he gets a big smile every time he does it. He will also move his leg and arm when asked (still praying for that left side to come around...and it is very slowly.) This morning I told him if he wanted to be a Power Ranger for Halloween to touch his nose or if he wanted to be Jack Sparrow to touch his knee. He touched his knee so I said, Mommy is going to get Jack Sparrow then, and he got a big smile on his face. I have noticed he seems to respond better to other people besides Mike or I...guess that is typical for most kids though. I am praying we can start physical and occupational therapy this week. I think this is really going to jump start him. I have been writing letters to insurance companies requesting exceptions for benefit payment, so hopefully I will hear back Monday. We did start speech therapy last week. Thank you so much Cheryl for picking up Luke and for making the drive to our house!

Just a little story to share. One of the Sonjas ( the great duo that comes to see Luke occasionally) told me that her chiropractor, who saw Luke for his first chiropractor visit, told her what a sweet soul Luke has. I have to tell you, he really is blessed with such a sweet soul. I can not even begin to imagine how frustrating it has got to be to him to be where he is now, when inside he knows everything he used to be able to do. His crying spells have gone down so much. Although Mike had been gone hunting for a few days, and every time he heard dad or Mike he would cry. He is doing so good, being such a trooper, fighting so hard, and I am so very thankful for the patience and endurance he has been blessed with to fight. I think the name Gladiator fits now more than ever!

This week a big prayer request is that our visit with the Neuro-Opthamologist goes well. It is so hard when you have one doctor telling you to do surgery (to get his eyes to open) and one telling you not to. Please pray he will have the answer to our prayers on Luke's eyes, and please pray it will be positive! He also goes for his periodic pediatric check up on Friday. So hopefully, the next update will have positive news on the eyes and news that he has started all therapies (and the insurance will pay for them.) Thanks so much for checking, God has been so good is answering our prayers....Believe!