ANDREW DAVIS BENEFIT

Andrew has had a good couple of days. He has been walking with his walker (supervised) during his physical therapy and working hard. Aunt Chris saw him during speech therapy match pictures with the words. The therapist did not read the words to him, so he is able to read! He also had to match a picture to the correct sentence (out of three). He did that too!

Andrew has been doing pretty good. He still has a healthy appetite and enjoying eating his food (one item at a time – just like he used to and I still do). He has been getting sick again these past few days. We’re not sure what the reason is for him getting sick. We thought it was the citric juices, but now we’re not sure. The doctors do not think it has anything to do with his brain. They are scheduling him an appointment with a GI (Gastro – Intestinal) doctor.

Well after having some good days, the nurses decided to start taking Andrew on some of the group trips. Today they took Andrew with the other patients to a Mexican restaurant a block from the rehabilitation center. The wheeled him down without my parents. Apparently, they thought he could try a real chair and put him in one. When they turned around for a minute, Andrew fell out of the chair. They weren’t exactly sure what happened, but found him laying on the ground. They picked him up and sat him back down and he ended up getting sick in the restaurant, so they had to take him back to the rehab center. Andrew got sick a couple of times after the fall. The doctors did another CT scan, just to make sure nothing happened to his head. They told my parents to make just he just stayed in his bed and rested the rest of the day. Andrew did eat his whole dinner and had several glasses of juice to help hydrate him. We should find out the results of the CT scan tomorrow.

Andrew’s friend, Al, was visiting him when I called. It’s good that his friends are still driving the distance to come and visit when they can. Mom and Dad had a great time with Chris and Becky. They flew out of LA this afternoon. Chris said they had a great time and can’t wait to share the pictures and stories tomorrow. Maybe I’ll have some new photos for you as well.

Just keep the prayers going and let’s pray that when he fell, he didn’t hit his head!