ANDREW DAVIS BENEFIT

Andrew has had another great day. He stood again with help from his therapist and nurse. But he also did some new things! The speech therapist “clogged” up his trache tube and he breathed on his own for three hours! That is awesome! We are so excited! The other thing Andrew did today was practice swallowing. He swallowed several spoonfuls of a liquid, cranberry Jello. His stomach was able to handle it and didn’t reject it at all. Of course, it was given in a small quantity since it was new, but he could do it!

Andrew grabbed the phone from my Dad and listened to Jen tonight. Which gets us excited back here in the Fort. We can’t wait to be with Andrew, Mom, and Dad again. Mom and Dad were very excited about his new “baby” steps made today (as are we all!). He was having trouble leaving his head alone and picked at a couple of his stitches. They had to restrain him so he would leave his head alone. Andrew only got sick once today and it was a very small amount. So hopefully the dizziness from all of the standing and moving is starting to subside a little more with all of his therapy.

When I called late tonight, he was already fast asleep and worn out from the day. Mom and Dad were getting ready to head back to their studio for the night.

Jen, Mya, and I are planning on going to visit Thanksgiving. We can’t wait to see all of the great things he is doing, especially since he was in a coma the first/last time we saw him after his second surgery!

It was another day of improvements!