😊 some progress....finally

 Ethan came back from his CT scan. His nurses and doctors said he was trying to text the whole time.  When he got back to the room, keep in mind his eyes are glazed, his hands are tethered, I grabbed his hand and told him I was with him.  He then picked up his left hand and waved.  I asked him if he was waving at me.  He shook his head yes.  He then waved with his other hand.

I told him Jesney wanted to call him and he was not going to be able to talk to her, but she could talk to him.   I asked him if he would like that and he shook his head yes.

He got to hear her voice and we helped him communicate back to her. I think it was good for both of them.

I asked him if he could do a waving video for Paul.  He said yes. He did a double wave to Paul. Now he is just trying to show off.

It was nice to see a hint of Ethan there. It brought tears to my eyes and a smile to my face.  He then tried to communicate with me by drawing in the air.  That sort of  worked I got one word.  We then tried the pen thing again. He did a bit better but it was still difficult. “Could  you mask” the nurses were trying to help. They released him from his arm tethers. He didn’t like the new dew-hickey the respiratory therapist put on him.  It was tight. So we released it and I think all that communicating tired him out.

He has to have another round of imaging done. They think his eye as well as his lack of fine motor skills on his left side could indicate that he suffered some sort of transient ischemic attack which is like a mini stroke. I am still waiting for official results.  They are still discussing a plan for this evening. He’s not out of the woods on that one.

It was a hard day but I can see progress. Last night he had the crash team in every half hour. With the teams swift action they were able to head off a bigger problem.

A huge thank you to everyone reaching out. I will never ever be able to write a thank you note to each and every one of you.  Paul appreciated people reaching out to him. He is feeling rather helpless from afar.  He is helping more than he could ever know. Just keeping things in order at home and answering the phone at 5 in the morning because I am sad. I appreciate you rallying around he and Avery.  I appreciate all the texts and Facebook notes of encouragement. Thank you all.