Day 123 - Oct 1, 2008

Well, you wouldn't even know that the last few days even happened if you were to see Kevin today. It's just amazing, really. And he hasn't even had one tiny bit of pain medication today. He has two incisions, one in his head and one in his belly and only made a grimace when someone touched the one on his belly to roll him over. That's it - it's like nothing happened. We are even back up in his old room - no more ICU.

So to start the day, he woke up this morning and seemed fine. I was concerned because his head had actually gotten bigger through the night so the neurosurgeon came in and adjusted the flow on the shunt. As time progressed, the size hasn't gotten any larger and it is actually starting to decrease as of this evening.

The most awesome thing though - Kevin spoke some words today. He has been back to his own funny self and he has been just blurting out words all day. Unfortunately he doesn't seem to be able to repeat the words yet, but if he can say them once or twice, eventually he will say them naturally. (right?)

So let's see, first he said "what?" after he snorted at me and I razzed him for making noises at me. He rolled his hand up and said "what?" to make it appear that he didn't hear or see anything. Trying to make me look like I am hearing things. The little shit.

Then I told him I was gonna kiss him if he didn't say a word and he was laughing and pulling back and he said "NO" plain as day. Breeze and I got him to repeat that one once, but he won't say it anymore. I gotta say - the look on his face was priceless. He was shocked that he said it.

He also told Breezy to "Stop" when she was doing something to make him laugh. I wasn't there for that one, but he did repeat it tonight, just not nearly as clear I guess.

I am very excited by these things. I can't wait til tomorrow to see what Kathryn, our speech pathologist has to say. I really think that as the size of his head is reduced, he will be able to say more and more.

I also have to admit that he is addicted to cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory. I had to run to the mall tonight to get my phone fixed and mentioned I would get him some. His eyes lit right up and I had to read him all of the flavors and he picked out 2. Turtle and Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. I sure hope Kathryn allows him to eat tomorrow. He will be pretty upset if not...

So there you are. My own personal superhero! Actually, I am pretty lucky because both of my kids are superheroes. Maybe I'll buy them capes for Halloween, lol.

And speaking of Halloween, Breezy and I stopped at the Dollar Store tonight and bought him all kinds of decorations for his room. I even bought him a mask so that we could trick or treat in the hospital, lol. Hmmm...I wonder if I can get him to say "trick or treat"...