Paleozoic Neurologist
No, our neurologist is not old or ancient in anyway. On the contrary she is such a cutting edge neurologist. She just moved into brand new offices so close to Universal Studios that you can hear the roller coasters and the screaming tourists.
Dr. Kojic is, I think, the best Neurologist around!!! It was no doubt a God set up when she was assigned to Eli while he was staying at Arnold Palmer hospital after the accident. She has been such an encouragement and a tremendous help throughout this whole journey of recovery for Eli. Dr. Kojic agrees that she has witnessed a medically unexplainable healing in my little man. She reminds of how severe his injuries were and of how blessed we are that he is so normal and healthy; that he is growing and learning new things every day; that he shows emotion and has a sharp mind- all of which is a miracle.
Praise God!!!
Speaking of miracles...pun intended. Eli is talking up a storm these days. He tries to repeat just about everything I say. The other day it was, 'the cow jumped over the moon' translated, 'ah oooowwww up a ooooooonnnn!' I had to chuckle and hug him.
Eli has a little dinosaur that I named Derik. We call him Derik the dinosaur. Today we were playing with Derik as we have been for the past year. I said to Eli, "He's a dinosaur." Eli looked at me very intently (he seems to do nothing with out great thought and intention) and said, "inosoar" which made me gasp.
This was the first word he said that sounded like a real boy said it! It was clear and unmistakable. Most of the words he said are in need of momma translation and are said with his cute high pitched exagerated inflectuations. But this word was spoken with clarity and tone as if he had said it 100 times before. I was quite amazed. Eli can say dinosaur! He said it not just once. He didn't just get lucky- no- he proceeded to repeat the word 3 more times with clarity yet again! Amazing...simply amazing!
Eli's healing increasingly grows more obvious and evident. But with that, I do not ever want to grow complacent to the incredible miracle his healing is. I do not ever want to withhold the glory and honor due to God for it. I want to always be thankful. I am so grateful.
"Lord, help me to always have a grateful heart for all you have done for Eli and me."
Eli has another EEG tomorrow at 1:00 pm. Please pray for us during this time. As Eli grows the EEG's have become more difficult and taxing on all of us. He does not usually tolerate getting all the wires stuck to his head very well. Even more difficult, he has to fall asleep for the procedure.
So, please pray for grace for Mr. Eli. Pray that he is content and restful as he is being prepped and that he falls into a good rest when it is time. Pray for accurate results and for wisdom for the technician and Dr. Kojic as they interpret the results. Thank you so much for standing with us in this. I will keep you updated on what is next.
Bless you all.
posted by Kellie # 10:13 PM
