This made Cody smile......

Dear Family and Friends,

Cody has made some small improvements...huge to us. He can nod yes or no and he is awake more and his eyes follow us around. He squeezed my hand. Just as he squeezed my hand, the doctor walked in. I told him about it so he had Cody squeeze his hand. He was so excited he whooped and jumped up and down. This made Cody smile.......this sent joy to every fiber of my body as this was the first smile we had seen in a while. So now we can communicate!! Thank you God for your miracles!!

Last week was another roller coaster ride as we were initially were told that his condition was necrosis (dead cells - little or no chance of cells recovering) not vasculitis (inflammation and blockage). Later the same day, the neurosurgeon had a different opinion and had a angiogram done on Cody's brain to see where the blockage was. The results showed us that, as in some stroke patients (he did not have a stroke), little veins develop that detour and forge around the blockage. (God's work: pretty incredible to think about how our bodies have the ability to do that) They believe the blockage to be treatment related. This is what appears is going on with Cody (vasulistis)....which is good news as there is potential of healing some or all of the affected areas with time. The results of his improvement in the last couple of days means to us and the doctors that this diagnosis is on the right track.

We are so very grateful and continue to have complete faith that he will have major healing. Thank you for your continued prayers and faith.

The Days