Tristan wanted to lay w/Daddy!

Tonight we saw a miraculous sight..........Tristan had been napping peacefully after a long day of Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy as well as numerous trips to the potty followed by a very nice warm shower. He actually slept through dinner which makes Mommy nervous because she wants to see Tristan eat....get strong.....move around.....and then go home :-). Well, as Grandma Lisa was sitting there calming Mommy about Tristan not eating and telling Mommy that she needs to pray for strength to get through each day........Tristan wakes up out of the blue and says, "- want to get up in my chair!". To which Mommy offered help. Rather frustratedly Tristan exclaimed, "No, I can do it myself!" As Daddy moved into position to support him Tristan SPRANG from the bed and jumped up in his chair!!! This is the boy who is barely moving to the potty! I've become so stinking emotional that
this simple act that we take for granted any other time just moved me to tears.....okay, not just me but Daddy and possibly Grandma Lisa too! Then Tristan said he wanted to color and proceeded to spend about 45 minutes coloring! He asked Mommy to color with him too. Then as Mommy and Tristan were finishing coloring Tristan looked over and saw Daddy laying in his bed and asked if he could lay in bed with him!!! okay......more tears from Daddy and Mommy (especially Daddy!). Now I know what you are thinking........what a bunch of saps! But let me tell you how amazing it is to see our son emerge little by little after spending a day in a coma, 3 Days on Morphine and most of the days that we have been in here feeling so groggy and weak that his old self is barely recognizable! To see him emerge is so moving and we can just see the hand of God at work in this hospital.....this room.....
.THIS BOY! God is so good! As I am writing this, Daddy and Tristan are enjoying a showing of "Transformers" on our in-room theater!
As Daddy wrote earlier, we will be moving yet again to a new room in the Neurological Rehabilitation Center. They have 5 private rooms for pediatric patients and Tristan is having the last one held for him until we can gather ALL of our things and make the move WAAAAAAAAY across the hospital! They have informed us that we could be there anywhere from 1 to 3 weeks.......all depending on the little man! I am encouraged by the fact that he sprang out of bed so quick earlier.......if only I could bribe him into doing that tomorrow maybe we wouldn't have to move to Rehab!! Okay, just kidding.....I want my baby to get any and all therapy that he needs to get back to pre-accident status......it's just that my desire to have my family all back home under the same roof together is SOOOOOOO overwhelming that I have a hard time imagining another 3 weeks in this place!!!! Please pray for
Tristan's strength and stamina to return so that he will be able to complete his stay at Rehab as quickly as possible so that we can return home with him to his brothers and his sister.
In that regard, thank you thank you to Aaron's mom, Lisa, and dad, Russ, for bringimg their dog and establishing residence in our home! I guess we really didn't leave them much choice given the fact that Aaron and I refuse to leave the hospital and someone had to stay with Bella and Wyatt and Jesse.......yes Jesse, you too.......someone has to stay with you too! Special thanks go out as well to our cousins Matt and Vanessa for taking off work and making themselves available to Grandma and Papa to swap with the kids so Grandma and Papa could come to the hospital too! Thanks Tina for taking Wyatt to school and picking him up! Grandma Lisa says that is priceless in her day!! And thank you SO much for all of our friends and family who have taken the time out of their busy schedule to come and see Tristan and Daddy and Mommy too.........thanks for bringing treats and toys to brighten
Tristan's day and for bringing fountain Mt. Dew (bless you for that!) And Dr.Pepper and food and greatly needed fellowship as our connection with the outside world would otherwise be extremely limited!
Well, Mommy needs to coerce Tristan into finishing Transformers tomorrow as he will need some sleep for what is sure to be a big day ahead! Not only will Tristan be moving to his new room but he will also be dressing up as Darth Vader to participate in a Halloween party here tomorrow morning at 10! He is looking forward to that!
Tristan says good night and God bless all!
Clark Gang