well spence did it,he got the mohawk today. i think it needs a little gel but i am sure that will be taken care of.
a busy day for him. he walked with a cane for the first time. that made his week for him. his floor then had a scavenger hunt thru MGH. they had 2 teams to hunt for various items. spence's team did not win, (as Mrs Doherty's class has told him) they are all winners. the time off the floor was well worth it. their next projects are to make pizza and ice cream. i may wait on that taste test.

spence was in great spirits today, even though it was at my expense. after dropping off his grandmother,brother and friend i went to the park the car. being the last one there i went to his room to find it empty. i checked the dining room: empty,PT room: empty,computer room: empty. the little buggger convinced his mom to take him to the hospital cafeteria. of course no note or anything for his dad. whats that saying about PAYBACK!!! it was well worth the laughs that were coming from him.
he met his tutor (hopefully that will start soon) and she told him that she has never tutored anyone in latin. irony is ,at one time she was a latin teacher. i think she is more excited than he is. of course it won't be the same as Mr Scully's class. (olivia made me put that in there,something about extra points on her next test).
tomorrow is haircut day,spence says he wants a mohawk. it will be interesting to see if he goes thru with it.

to everyone: Thank you for all the love and support. Keep it coming.

As donna mentioned in the last post "those little things add up". Sometimes when you are there every day you don't notice as much. A couple of comments from his friends that last couple of days have been "wow,now that i see you sitting up you look like spence" and "you sound like spence now". this to us is awesome.
Tonight at dinner (and by the way he had his mom's cooking which are i am sure is the reason why), i saw some of that improvement. even though he was exhausted from PT,OT,ST,the best ST, he laughed and joked with us more than since he has been in the hospital. Or maybe it was getting off the floor today, to those who have been there you now what i mean, but i took him to the Stars Wars tube today. (It is a hall connecting MGH to Spaulding). Or maybe it was spence having his video camera, he taped the orthopedist who took a mold of his left leg so he could make a brace (and also asked him 201 questions),his nurse dacia,his roommate greg, and then he found out his speech therapist just bought a mac so she could do movies. what the heck they were talking about went over my head, adobe this, final cut this etc,etc,.
Anyway as I started its the little things adding up.:blog posts,cards,visits,prayers,messages thru friends,e-mails, keep'em um coming because i know this keeps spencer strong.

There is much to say about all the little things Spencer has done in the last 2 days, just rest asure he keeps on kicking butt every day. and with all the support of family, FRIENDS {he is so lucky to have the friends he has} and prayers all the little things add up. Thank you all so much for the support you have given us.

does anyone know this handsome dude? spence grew to 7 feet tall (trick photography ?). this is spence out walking with Neera his physical therapist. we won't make fun of his granny knee-high stockings, actually he had a few dollar bills in them! these few steps are what he is most proud of at this point. oh and the fact the he no longer has to have pureed food. the last 2 days he has had spaghetti and meatballs. of course he will tell you its nothing like his mom's (big surprise,huh!) but good nonetheless. i think just the solid food is awesome. the one other thing he wanted was Dr. Pepper,which he got, but then told me i could go to wal-mart and buy Dr Thunder for 30 cents cheaper. just a random thought i guess? to all the friends and family who visited this week, you know how much he loves your visits. i know with school vacation over it will be much harder,but if anyone needs a ride,directions etc let us know.
a new ritual for spence is having the comments from this blog read to him at bedtime,actually we read them to him 2-3 times a day. but at bedtime especially is calming to him. SO KEEP'EM COMING

spencer took a few steps during physical therapy today. not the most graceful ones but something he is proud of. he had more speech therapy also, alot of memory stuff,i guess to try to get him to process info. tedious but necessary. He had an eye exam today,the right eye is good but left eye not so good. we are hoping his peripheral vision improves on the left side but thats a wait and see.
either he won the ward bingo game or someone smuggled contraband in. i found 3 cases of real pudding in his room. anyone willing to fess up?
i will keep you posted on anything this weekend

i have been told that some of you have tried to post a comment but nothing shows up. (actually happened to me too.) try this. when you go to the blog,you can read the comments and a box shows up saying leave message or comment. don't do anything there. you have to establish a google account and sign in first. it is free and no c.c. needed, you'll have to make a user name and password. (save this). once this is done, go back and sign in using your user name and password and then you should be able to post a message. Great to see a message from the Sunshine Girls.