We had another good day today, and are very thankful for each one. Mark's speech continues to improve, although it is still void of emotion. When you ask him to laugh, he says ha ha, but that's a start. The agitation has been much less as well. He only required one dose of medication all day.
His physical therapy session went very well and tomorrow he will start on some new things after a consultation with the doctors and therapists. The doctors are amazed at how far he has come in such a short time. We pray that this continues and he works hard at all the various therapies.
One of the team doctors had been on leave for the holidays and was just speechless when he saw him today. His reaction was understandable when he read the original report that had been written at the time of the accident, which stated that if Mark lived, he would probably not awake from the coma and would remain in a vegetative state. I was with the doctors when he reported this, and the head of the team heard this, looked at me, and we both laughed. It's amazing that I can do that now, since we had been told this the day after we arrived in Aviano. We are convinced that all those prayers have produced a miracle.
Mark also had a great conversation with his former 4ID commander, CPT. Clyde. He, too, had not seen Mark since just before Christmas, and was delighted with the change. He walked in the room, said "Hey SGT. Lalli, how are you?" Mark looked up and said, "I'm fine CPT. Clyde, sir." and shook his hand. They went on to have a discussion about someone else they knew from Fort Hood. These are the kind of little things that make your heart soar.
Again, tomorrow we hope for another little step toward our final goal.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
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Rich,
It is very inspiring to hear of Mark's progress. It seems like yesterday you were training me in St. Paul and proudly telling me about your son, the guy in the picture on your Advisor. Our family keeps yours in our prayers and I remind our children often to appreciate our relative safety and freedom because of heroes like Mark. This blog is a wonderful idea allowing many of us who are concerned to follow Mark's progress. May God continue to Bless every Lalli.
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