7/30/13...Aloha
Cole! It's been 21 months and two days since that rainy morning in
October. You have come such a LONG way...you've been working so
hard...you have NOT given up...you continue to inspire! Your balance is
getting so much better, if we could just get that spasticity in that
left leg under control, you would be walking in no time! But the leg IS
slowly coming around and I am certain you WILL be walking, running,
SURFING! More and more you are using the walker to get around in the
house, (assisted) instead of the wheelchair. You have some great
therapists here on Maui and they are coming up with some very
challenging therapy and I must say you are rising to the to the
challenge daily. We were at Puamana recently and we got a lot of water
time in and it was much easier for you to control your movements in the
water than before! You have now started to get in and out of bed by
yourself...all of a sudden you just show up at my bedside! I
guess I was taking to long to get up! You are also transferring
yourself into your chair in the front room! Getting sick of waiting for
me to get off the computer! You cruise to the fridge to see what there
is to eat! Wheel over to the door to let the cat in! It's great to see
you having SOME kind of independence! The other day you asked me if your
brain had bruises on it. I explained that the bruises are gone but that
the injury, the "sheering", will never go away. That 20 years from now
if they did another MRI it would look the same as the ones they did
after the accident, that your brain is "re-wiring". And re-wiring it
is!! Next thing I knew you were googleing "sheering of the brain".
Bless your ever loving heart! All this being said, there is still a long
road ahead, but as you tell me almost daily, "I'm not giving up Mom!"
You make me so proud, Bear! Stay strong and paddle on! I love you...to
the moon and back... Mama Bear
