Mike says HELLO to Each and Everyone

Today has been another good day. Mike's wife came and visited earlier today with Baby Gracie and good friend Sue Ellen. Rochelle was told Mike was dressing himself with the help of one of the therapists and slid right off the bed onto his bottom. No harm done and he said he laughed. The doctor checked him out from what I understand and he was fine. All of his therapies went well today. They say Mike is doing so well. That he is so determined to beat this brain injury. He is now aware of the fact that he does have a traumatic brain injury and that it takes time to heal. What he doesn't like is knowing that sometimes he doesn't say the right things or that he mixes thoughts up and they come out backwards or not making any sense at all. He says he is also scared to answer a question or comment on something in fear that is really not what he meant to say. Of course we told him not to worry himself about things like that. We understand it all. Also not to be worried, that everyone knows he has a brain injury and this is what brain injured patients do. We don't want Mike to have to worry about anything. Nothing at all. We want him to concentrate on just himself and to get the best care possible. He asked me was I going to write on the blog tonight. I told him yes. Why? He said, "Would I please tell everyone hello for him and thank everyone for everything that they had done for him." Then he asked me was he and Barbaro still in a race to see who was going to finish first. Where he got this thought from was from us telling him when TWR's site mentions him, they say that ya'll are neck and neck in recovering or doing about the same in the recovery steps. There are a lot of times Mike makes complete sense for hours though. He was so excited this evening when his wife called to tell him Hunter, his 5 year old son was a natural at soccer. She said everyone had been telling her that during all the practices but she didn't really make anything out of it until tonight when he acted like a pro on the field. She can't wait until Thursdays game to really see what he does. He wants to make a goal. Well it's again time for me to go and get some rest. I'll be back tomorrow night. Keep your prayers coming. We still have a long road to go. God bless you all.