You're not going to believe this!

Well, I am about to eat my words about Gord and his communications. Today he blew us all away. It started with a trip to the MRI suite in the basement of the hospital. We took a very very long underground walk to who knows where on the hospital grounds, Gord was taken in to do the MRI while I waited. When I was invited in to sit with him to await the "porter", the MRI attendant just easily said..."Oh boy, did he ever yell at me " I said Pardon??? He said Gord said "Get me out of here!" and then cursed. I was so surprised because we had not heard a sentence yet. The attendant didn't know these were amazing words. Also to note, his eyes looked like he had seen a ghost. He looked so frightened. I guess the noise inside the MRI freaked him out.

After getting him back to the room I thought it might be nice to get dressed today in a fresh yellow t shirt and black shorts. I presented the wardrobe to Gord and asked if he wanted to wear it. He said a clear "Yes". We got dressed, and then we had visitors. At one point, good friend, Jim McManes asked Gord how old he was. Gord looked around, took a moment and said "61". We just about fell over. Jim then asked how old Sheila was. Again, pause and he said "same". He is absolutely correct. So even though the nurse tried to downplay this brilliant event saying these times of brilliance will come and go, I say it's going to stay.

And then.....in the evening, Stacy arrives with her aunt and uncle and Gord looks at them, smiles and says "Moosejaw, Saskatchewan". (That is where they are from). He says few words but he is right on what he wants to say.

One other thing: When friend Don came in with a card, he handed it to Gord. Gord took it, looked at the envelope and tried to open it with one hand. I helped him get the card out and he looked like he was reading the poem on the front, went to the inside, read it, turned it to the back and then handed it back to me. I have no clue if he could read it but he sure was interested.

You can tell I am pumped by the amount of writing I am doing. I just can't stop!

The MRI results showed that the blood is still present and receding. This is showing progress and also there is no real swelling and definitely no more bleeding. In 6-8 weeks they will do more tests to try to determine the exact cause of the bleed. On Monday, he will have a swallowing test and will get the food tube removed from his nose for sure. If he can pass the test, then he will get fed real food and if not, a peg will be inserted directly in his stomach for a while.
It is all good news!!!

Tomorrow is Sunday, and I will go to the hospital in the morning and then have the whole afternoon off. Hmmmmmmm.....what shall I do!

I will write tomorrow if anything more exciting happens and Monday after the tests for sure.

Have a wonderful day everyone!!!

Love
Sheila