HE JUST OPENED HIS EYES!!!!!!!

10:06 am

It's April. We just met with the Occupational Therapist. She performed a series of commands on Brad while we watched. It was amazing to witness. She asked him to sqeeze her hand. He did. She wet a paper towel, placed it in his left hand, and asked him to "wash his face"...with a little help from her,bringing his hand to his face, he made a swiping motion around his nose.

She told him to sqeeze her hand once for YES and twice for NO, "Are you a boy?", no response. "Is the sky yellow?", no response. She thought he may have fallen asleep on her. She must have worn him out! It was so touching to see him able to follow a few of her commands now that he's off the sedation medicine.

The OT did tell us that we will need to slowly start focusing on stimulating his hearing and touch senses. She said we can start implementing some of Brad's favorite music into his day and turning on the TV for 20-30 minutes at a time...just to give his brain a chance to work at hearing and interpreting things around him.

One thing she told us to do is for family and friends to start putting together some pictures/collages WITH LABELS of who is in the picture so that when can he finally open and use his eyes, they can start showing him the photos. What a great idea. Nothing over the top, just simple photos. You can send mail them to us and we will bring them here to his room. Please mail your pictures to me:

Cochran

162 Threechop Drive Marietta, Ga 3oo64