What do Doctors Know?

A couple of days ago I reported on the timeframe the doctor gave me to begin looking for any signs of improvement. I took the 6 month thing all in stride. But what do doctor's know. Today was an amazing day, the best we have had in a long time as far as Jeff's processing goes.

It's funny that I would say amazing because it didn't start out so hot with Jeff. With my children here I took advantage of him sleeping in late to run some errands. As usual, they took longer than I expected. When I got home, my husband was mad! I was delighted to see it. Not that I enjoy making him angry, but that he felt the emotion. He has had such a sweet demeanor for such a long time, it was a bit unusual for him show another emotion.

But there is energy in anger. It is an indicator that something is not quite right in our little part of the universe and something we need to pay attention to. So to me this shows that this part of Jeff's brain is functioning quite normally. He didn't scream or yell or anything like that...but he felt the emotion in a very appropriate way.

The rest of the day he was very wide awake and alert. Two of my nieces came over to visit and Jeff held 3 month old Remington. It was a delightful visit. I can't tell what tomorrow will bring, but when I put Jeff to bed tonight he said it was a very good day. When I asked him what was good about it, he didn't remember being ticked off at me this morning, he just said "having the kids here"

I had another brief thought about love tonight as I was helping him brush his teeth. You know you have the real thing when you let your wife floss your teeth. I consider it such an honor. I also know that it takes a whole lot of trust. When we were talking about it the other night, he nodded his head and tried to say "I do trust you." But in so doing, he almost bit my finger. We both laughed about that. But it is these little intimiate things that connect us in such an unusual way right now.

So here is the question I pose tonight. Is there someone in your life you would trust to floss your teeth? If not, what would it take to create that kind of connection. It is possible, but you have to be willing to believe it is.