All I want is to see you smile,
If it takes just a little while,
I know you don't believe that it's true,
I never meant any harm to you.
This afternoon I saw Dr. Englandoff and she indicated that Deano appears to be doing very well with the trach cap on and the it could be removed within the next couple of days and quite possibly by tomorrow.
I also saw the physical therapist and he said Deano seems to be much more responsive to him which means he can start doing a lot more things with him. So he will now start working with Deano every day instead of every other day and he had Deano sitting up on the side of the bed (not by himself, of course). He said they would also start sitting him up in a chair (special one) for short periods of time. And rather than the therapist doing the work for Dean; Dean will start doing more of it by himself.
When I saw Deano this evening he was looking a little uncomfortable and tired (probably from physical therapy today).
Don't stop, thinking about tomorrow,
Don't stop, it'll soon be here,
It'll be better than before,
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone.
P.S. No picture available of Deano with the goatee - it got shaved off today while I was at work. Next time.
P.S.S. My son is pretty handsome, even if I do say so myself, and he is 9 years strong.
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Hey Teri,
Each day he seems to get a little bit better. Baby steps, baby steps. Sorry we missed the goatee. As the fog lifts the real work begins. I was with Dean back in the day when Dean had his knee injury. I never saw anybody work with such determination. The PT will be hard to watch for you. He'll be doing things that you and i take for granted. He'll have to work real hard to do them but, Dean WILL do them. Keep doing what you're doing. You've shown us shoulders strong enough that Atlas wants them. The heart that the Tin-man wanted. And, a smile that may be the real cause of global warming. He's in good hands.
I'll be away for the weekend but look foward to catching up when i get back.....
Ricky " Fleetwood Mac" Elliott
Boy things are looking up so glad to hear all the good work Dean is doing now he just has to keep it up, Just wish I lived a little closer to you so we could go by more often and then when he is walking I could walk with him slow & easy, like he did with me when we went walking to the beach from your house he was always asking if I was o.k. and if I was going to make it. But thats Dean for you always thinking of others. So now it's our turn to help him. We will try to go by on Sat. to see Dean & I will bring my camera so we can put new and updates pictures of Dean.Rily & you Teri. So chin up be strong do your prayers ( all of you keep the prayers going ) at nite before you go to bed so when you see Dean the next day thing will be better. WAY TO GO Rily !!!! Hope your allstars go all the way good luck.
Love, Aunt Rose
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