It has been 1 week

Well... it has been a week since this terrible accident happened and flipped all of our lives upside down.  From here on out the blog will be numbered by the number of days of Connor's journey.

DAY #8

Yesterday(Monday):  The blog was put up yesterday afternoon so let me catch you up what went on yesterday afternoon/evening.  As you all know, Connor said his first words in over a week... and we CELEBRATED.  I think that the word "paci" will never be the same to any of us anymore.  Connor's vocabulary expanded to " I want cup" and "dinosaur" yesterday.  This little boy just amazes us daily!  He did get to drink a little milk from his cup yesterday but they wanted to wait for a radiology test they are going to perform this morning. They want to make sure he is swallowing correctly and it is going to the right place before much more is given to him.  We are helping him sit up... which he cannot do on his own yet... but we are sure he will be doing it in the near future.

Connor had a wonderful visitor yesterday! 

 Meet the Cardinal dog who comes to brighten sick children's days!

He comes to visit on Mondays.

Last night:  Connor was very restless last night, but hey... he was super busy yesterday doing all the wonderful things he did.

This morning (Tuesday):  Although his rest wasn't good last night...he is not letting that stop him this morning.  He woke up and said "mommy", "daddy" and a few other words.  His speech is coming along nicely.  They gave give two tubes of mashed up bananas this morning and he took it well.  The speech therapist was in and gave him another cup of milk and a cookie...and now ... he is going to radiology for a test. Oh... wait a minute... they just told us that there will be no radiology today because the dietician thinks he is doing okay and doesn't need to go.  We CELEBRATE!

Our goals for today:  

We want him to be able to swallow well and to work on sitting up on his own.

And of course to talk more and giggle more! :) 

Connor has opened his eyes, smiled, spoke words... but he hasn't laughed or giggled yet.  Who could blame him with all that he has gone through.  Too much for a sweet 2 year old little boy to go have to go through.  Well... this morning that all changed... we got him to giggle for the first time.  Now... let me tell you... what a sound that will warm your heart.  The video is hard to hear so turn everything down in the background and listen closely... but you can see it in his beautiful little face as well.

I am sure much more will happen today... or not... we have to remember that we are taking baby steps.  But Connor is proving everyone wrong on a daily basis...

and we LOVE it... 

and we CELEBRATE it!