Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Quick Update


Just wanted to get a quick update in as Lynsey and I are leaving for Disneyland Wed-Sat. Her dance company is dancing at Disneyland and California Adventure on Friday and Saturday! She is very excited; although also very sad that Luke and Mike are not going. I promised her when Luke gets better we will take him to Disneyland with all of the bells and whistles! He continues to follow new commands. One of his newest tricks is to do what we call his finger trick, he also will squeeze and release your hand on command (pretty hard too.) This weekend I was walking with him and Lynsey was riding his bike. When you back pedal on his bike, it makes a very distinct noise, every time she did it he would cry. Finally I realized what was making him cry-he knew that sound was his bike! He is very attuned to what is going on around him. This weekend one of his friends from preschool, Cadan, came over and read him a book (pic is of them.) He definetly remembered Cadan and playing with him. When I told him he was coming over he got a big smile on his face.


We will finish our second round of oxygen therapy next week. We will most likely take a month off, then start another round. How can we stop it now with the results we are seeing? Another thing Luke is getting stronger at is standing. It used to take Mike, Lynsey, and I to get him to stand. Now it just takes one of us. He gets a big smile every time we have him do it. He also has gotten good at tricking us he is sleeping. We'll say, Luke are you tricking us again you are sleeping, he'll just get a big grin on his face. We are looking at an intense program in California. It is movementdiscoveries.com. If anyone has any experience with this place, we would love to hear it!


Thank you all for continuing to pray without ceasing and give us hope each and every day. There are plenty of folks out there who still don't believe miracles happen. Everyone keeps telling us that everything happens for a reason. Perhaps that reason is to let this all be a reminder how everyone is only guaranteed this moment in time, our lives can truly change in an instant. Our lives today are completely different than they were seven months and 3 days ago, but we are SO blessed to be where we are today! Or perhaps that reason is to prove that God does exist, and is still very much in the miracle business, He is proving that through Luke's miracle. Please continue to pray for eyes to open and the left side to wake up. Believe!!


Now Lyns and I are off to the house of mouse; one more thing Go D-Backs!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Luke, you are getting stronger and stronger everyday. We are so proud of all your hard work.

Lynsey, I hope you had a great time at Disney Land!! Post some pictures for us.
Love, April

Anonymous said...

Stcey, I got your letter today and the news was wonderful. We will continue to pray with you. I look at his picture almost daily and think and pray for him. You made my day with the letter. Thank so much and keep up the awesome work with him. Katherine Social Worker at the Copa.