Tuesday, July 7

Can you believe the 4th of July has come and gone. Incredible!

Kudos to Uncle Jim for so eloquently keeping us posted on Deano's continued progress. Deano is really doing some amazing work in his recovery process right now.

Oh in case you hadn't noticed I am back ("She's back"). In case you were wondering, this is what happened (metaphorically speaking, of course).

As I was jogging along looking forward to another milestone (was it 11 - I believe it was and if not let us just say it was for sake of argument). Anyway, as I was jogging along I slipped and fell upon the tiniest of pebbles. And you know it always amazes me that it is the tiniest ones that seem to do the most damage. Isn't that funny like ironic or maybe just funny like funny. So I decided to sit on the curb for a bit while I contemplated my plans for completing this race. And the timing couldn't be more perfect because just as this happened Jim and Mia, magically arrived in town. And now they have flown back home with my little one in tow (well not really so little).

So I am up and running again.

From what I hear and not from the horse's mouth, Riley is having a fabulous time. He is doing what a 9 year old should be doing during the summer. And according to Riley it isn't normal if he has not flown somewhere at least twice a year. Riley is swimming both at Grandma May's and at the YMCA with Jim and his family. Jim and Bonnie have Riley and Mia signed up for some swim lessons so they can use the pool slide. He spent most of Sunday playing with Larry's boys (his cousins) Elliott, Preston and Max. I tell you the kid is in seventh heaven. According to Riley he will be in Seattle for 3 weeks.

So much going on behind the scenes with and for Deano right now. His tentative release date from LBM is July 30, 2009 and as of right now I am not exactly sure what that looks like.

Today, Dr. Huang started to administer the Sinemet in hopes that this will stimulate some form of language from Deano. They are also currently working on some other forms. There is a keyboard that they are trying to obtain for Deano. With the use of this keyboard you type in what message you want relayed and the computer says what you type. The user can pick the voice and everything. In a couple of days, provided there is no adverse reaction to the Sinemet then they will start the Ritalin.

Dean and I spend alot of time laughing and I can see that he really is trying to speak.

I will be delivering clean laundry and some reading glasses to the hospital tomorrow and checking up on Deano and will let you know what is happening.

P.S. We did have a nice 4th of July visit with Mark and Karen - lots of laughs. Hey Mark if you get a chance can you call me regarding the matter we discussed.

P.S.S. Tim DiMarco you are due in town tomorrow. Any plans and when are you headed back home.

P.S.S.S. Thanks to the Seattle Namba's for taking in Riley with so much love and patience.