update

Well, Bobby in now a teenager. How time fly's.
Ten years ago we brought home a little boy doing nothing but breathing, and now we have a young man who is shocking the Doctors, and everyone who come in contact with him.
Those who knew Bobby right after the drowning, can not believe how far this young man has come.
Everyone always says what a good job we are doing with him. Believe me, it not us. It's Bobby willing to do what we ask of him. It's Bobby, who has the hard job in life.
Bobby has taught us more about life, and has given us more lessons then we ever wanted to learn.
In the last 10 years Bobby has touched more hearts than the anyone I know. His BIG brown eyes, and long eye lashes just melt everyone's hearts.
We started school this year. Going everyday, but it was just to much for him, and we were losing ground with Bobby movement, so he is again being home schooled. He goes to school once a week, just to interact with other's than us at home.
We now have it on paper, that Bobby will answer you by blinking. He showed the Dr.'s and nurses this with his last surgery. When he was waking up from the surgery the nurses talked to him, and he answered everything right with his blinking. We were so proud of him, and so were the nurses and Dr.'s. The one Dr. told us that he would have never believed that this would happen with Bobby, because of the brain damage.
Well Bobby showed them, DON'T EVER GIVE UP
We are waiting on getting a new wheelchair. First one in 9 years. We, have been working on it since Aug. and we should have it by Jan. of next year 2005.
Will keep updating, as time goes by.
Life is Good
~New Update~
Well, we are coming up on the 11 year mark. We have seen a lot of changes in the last 11 years. The most important is that Bobby is still showing the Dr.'s that Love, Hope, and lots of hard work that anything is possible.

Bobby is doing better than anyone ever expected. He has good health, and a personality that won't quit. His BIG brown eyes can melt anyone's Heart is a sec. He know how to us his eyes to flirt and he will bat them at any girl who will talk to him.

He is getting to be quit a young man. He is now 5 ft. 2 inches, and weights 86 lb. He is almost taller than Grandma.

We have stopped the Botox injections, and are now using a Ten's unit. So one more drug has been cut of the list.

We have started to work with a bell for Bobby to call us when he needs us. He really learned fast how to ring it, and likes to play games with us. He will ring the bell, when we go to him, he will smile and turn his head away from us. We keep telling him about the Little Boy who cried Wolf all the time, but he still thinks it funny.

We are working on getting new seating so we can start using the lift with Bobby. So that is our next big jump in life, and also trying to get a new hospital bed. But that will all come in time.

Well that's about it. We just take one day at a time, and it has gotten us this far, so I think that's the way that we will keep going.

From the baby boy that we brought home 11 years ago to the young man we have today, GOD has been very good to Bobby and his family, and WE need to THANK HIM for that .

This year Bobby got a new Hil-Rom bed, and a ez transfer sheet for his bed. He is getting just to big and heavy for us to be lifting him up in bed. With the ez transfer sheet all we have to do is crank the handle and up he goes in bed. It has been a God sent to my back and also the PCA's. We also got a new head support that Bobby and we like. It don't look so medical, and the support is GREAT.

We also had a few other things go on this year. Last Thanksgiving we spent 11 days in the hospital for kidney stones. That was the worse I think that we have gone thru in a long time. The pain was so bad that Bobby had seizers for 2 hours, before they could get it under control. All of this was from the pain of the stone. Then he had a UTI so they could not blow up the stone until the UTI was gone. What a nightmare, but got rid of them and only stayed overnight after they were blew them up.

We had hip tendon release done, so he can sit in his wheelchair better. All turned out good there. So now we are just kind of hanging out and waiting for Spring to get here.

We found out this late winter that Papa has bone cancer, so if anyone has any extra prayers send them Papa's way.

Otherwise all is good here. Checking out some new therapy's, like Ice and vibration, but haven't started anything yet. Have to wait for the tendon surgery to heal first.

Hope this finds everyone happy and healthy. Just make sure to never give up. Always listen to your heart, and never let anyone tell you that it's a dumb idea. Because all idea's were dumb at one point and time.

Anna, Bobby and Papa