Hot Diggity Dog

Britt worked so hard yesterday. Literally 4 hours of physical therapy. We worked on sitting up and rolling over some more. He is getting so good at it, he still cant quite do it on his own, but he has the mechanics down which is the most important part. We walked quite a ways and guess what...HE STOOD BY HIMSELF! For probably, a solid 30 seconds, it was so awesome!! I will put together a video in the next couple of days to show you what we have been working on! He is getting much better at gripping things, picking them up and placing them. Britton has acquired a new nick name around these parts, and it goes a little something like this...one eye'd willy. He always has got that left eye opened half way. They deflated his cuff today for about an hour and he did so good!

He also got a visit from his new life coach, who will help him cope with things as he becomes more aware, and he will help him get his mind off of whats going on here by doing activities that normal 16 year old boys do. So we are excited for that! We have noticed that it is frustrating for Britton at times when he is trying to communicate what he wants or needs, because he cant tell us. So we are trying to find ways for him to do that. Usually he just wants chapstick, hahahah.

Britt saw a dog in the hallway today and got all excited about it, so we had it come in and hang out for awhile. He loveddddddd it, so much. He was petting it and snuggling with it. He was a happy camper.

He has started doing new facial expressions lately that are so funny. And he laughs at everything, all of my jokes, all of my moms jokes, so that makes us feel good. He is getting a little bit better at driving his wheelchair, sometimes he forgets to open his eye and runs into things, but he's getting there...i would just advise all of the staff and personal to avoid the hallways when he's in them.

He is just so dang cute. And so tough. Each day I learn something new from him. He is my hero.