Day 147 - Oct 25. 2008

Today was an extremely unusual day for Breezy and I. We kinda took the bulk of the day off and went to Busch Gardens. Tracy stayed with Kevin all day and from what I hear - they had a blast! But, before I get into everything about Kevin, I want to share a few BG pictures with you. We had a really great time and I think it helped us feel a little bit human for nearly a full day. This was a much needed respite as we are both feeling the pain of losing our home and I am glad Tracy was willing to give us this break. (and tomorrow Tracy and I are going to the beach and Breezy will be staying with Kevin - giving me almost a whole weekend break)

So the first pic is hilarious! The look on my face tells you that I am not much of an animal person, lol. Breezy, on the other hand has finally found a friend in Florida. Her name is Dolly, lol.





And moving on to Kevin, I guess he was in extreme mode today, lol. As a treat to the patients, the Star Wars characters came to the ward today. Kevin loved it! His eyes lit up as soon as Darth Vader came in (who was HUGE!). Kevin gave the little 'shotgun' finger salute to him and he razzed the Jedis and was truly enraptured of all the characters.

I was also told numerous times by the nurses tonight about Kevin singing and dancing in his bed while 5 nurses danced around his bed. I guess it was a heck of a party. Some of the nurses hadn't seen him in a while and were amazed at the progress he has made.

He did sit a total of 5 hours today in the chair and we are working on making it all day. We were invited to Disney World in early December for a 3 day weekend and we would like to go. I'm not sure about the whole 3 days, but even overnight would be awesome.

And I need to thank Chrissy and Drew for teaching Kevin a new quote the other day. Today, he clearly said "Hey you guys" from the movie "The Goonies". It seems like he can mimic movies and songs a lot easier than just say a word. If I am not mistaken, that's because the music and lyrics portion of the brain is located on the right side. I have heard that sometimes people can sing whole songs, but not say a word.

So here are the pictures I promised of Kevin standing up. I am giving you the play-by-play. He is wearing that 'sling' on his head to compress the fluid upwards and the first pic is him playing air guitar to an Atreyu song.













Pretty impressive, huh?

And to finish off, I wanted to let everyone know that Joel will be arriving on Monday! Finally!! It will be nice to have some friends living here and I am so glad he is well enough to finally get here! Yay!

And I know I have tons of questions that need answered, but I will get to them asap.