NACD Visit

Just a quick post as we had our quarterly meeting today with the NACD for Luke. I told Mike before we left I felt like we were going to principal's office because today we were meeting with Mr. Doman, the president of the NACD. When we last saw him he told us not to do the eye surgery, so I was afraid of what we would say. While he was not too excited we went ahead and did it, especially with the way Luke has been acting lately, I think he had some great suggestions for us. I am sure Luke was very happy with what he had to say, I think the smile he got on his face proved that to us, as his smiles have been few and far between lately. He said Luke deserves a vacation doing what he loves. So Mike asked Luke to raise his hand if he wanted to go fishing, the hand shot in the air at lightning speed! It looks like a trip up north fishing is in our near future. Next, he recommended giving Luke a break from his therapies at St. Joe's and just concentrating on doing the program. Then, he asked us what Luke liked to do before he was hurt, we said anything outside. He said, "Get this boy a power wheels and let him ride!" Why didn't we think of that? So, Luke does have a few power wheels, a quad and a go kart, but he is not contained very well in those, and I am not sure Lynsey's old pink Barbie jeep will do the trick, so looks like we will be power wheel shopping this weekend. He had some great suggestions, he thinks all of Luke's "busy-ness" could be playing a role in his change of behavior, but also that maybe he could be depressed now that he is seeing the world go on around him. So, he said make the next few weeks all about Luke and what he likes to do, not the work he has to do to get better. That is exactly what we will do! Believe!