Yesterday I had the pleasure of accompanying Allison on the drive out to visit Vernon in Brea. I am in the lucky position to be able to work from the passenger seat on occasion and from the waiting room. I hadn’t seen Vernon in 2 weeks. I was also lucky enough to go rock climbing with The Maki for about three hours that evening.
I’ll keep it real short. First, my visit to Brea.
– Vern could communicate with yes and no nods of his head.
– Vern can speak, apparently quite a bit to the speech therapist (not while I was there because he didn’t have the proper valve)
– Vern still has a sense of humor
– Vern is moving his left arm and leg a lot, his right side is a bit behind the left
– Vern can sit up very well, not completely on his own.
I was extremely impressed with Vernon and his progress. I can’t imagine what it will be like soon when he can actively communicate through speech.
NOW, onto another highlight of my week…the rock climbing gym. A few highlights.
– I am apparently still out of shape, walking into the gym doesn’t change that…news to me.
– also news to me…on a route difficulty scale of 0-6, 2 is nearly always too difficult for me
– In truth I am more capable that I expected
– hanging out with Maki is a lot like hanging with his witty old man
So, my takeaways from yesterday.
– I can’t wait to grind out a few more routes with Vernon & Maki, these guys are both on the upward swing and I’m stoked to be able to hang around with both of them
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I am filled with joy and grateful to God for the beautiful progress made by Vernon. It is so thrilling to Maki back and his dad doing so much better. We continue our prayers of petition and thanksgiving!
Thank you for your post. I love hearing about Vernon’s progress 🙂 that’s great about climbing with Maki! And hanging out with him is like being with his dad 🙂 a chip off the old block-you might say?
I’m praying for Vernon!
Nice to see you Chris! 😉 I see the flicker of bro-mance back in the air.
Hi Chris. I was out all day and just read this now. It was great to have you on along on the journey yesterday…maybe even more because you hadn’t seen him as much lately and were able to appreciate the big changes so much! Thanks for taking Maki. He loved it.
Another PTL and that is sayin a lot. God is good and He is control and He is showing His handiwork at this present time in Vern room and with Maki. God be with you all.
Becky
Its busy days, and Im sorry im so late thanking you for this great blog-post and for being lovely. I cant thank you enough.
WOW!! Chris great to see you back with Vern again … and great to hear on verns progress,and still has his sense of humour. So please to hear you having some time with Maki too….sure he just loved that “climbing” time xx