More progress

Dylan is doing so good! We spent the weekend there and he is doing so many new things. When we saw him on Friday night he was still awake and he picked his head up off the bed and was watching us and then he repositioned himself on the bed to get more comfortable.
He is moving his arms more, he actually picked his left arm up over his head and rested it behind his head (like you do when you stack your hands under your head to relax) and then he was sitting like that for a few minutes. And yesterday we had him in his wheelchair to take him outside and he put his arm up on the armrest and was relaxing like that, he normally just sits with his arms tucked really close to his body.
He was smiling a lot yesterday afternoon too!! We got a smile out of him when we were joking around again, and this smile was on his face for quite a while!!! Then we were walking around the hospital and one of the workers stopped Dylan and was talking to him and Dyl smiled at him and kept that smile on his face for a long time and then he smiled at Dan when we were sitting outside for a few minutes!!! It was sooo great to see!! He is also more aware of his surroundings and what is being said around him. On Saturday, I was talking about painting my toenails and Dylan lifted his head right off the bed and was looking at my feet, as if he was seeing if they were already done.
He has made so many strides in the last week that we couldn’t believe it!!! The staff is so pleased with his progress too!! He is now getting more food on a daily basis and because they have increased the dose of food he is eating, they are monitoring him again because his blood sugars went up. He was over 400 on Friday night, but by Saturday he was in the 200’s again. They are very good about keeping track of him and he seems to be leveling out again.
We want to send huge thanks to all the wonderful people who volunteered to help with the bake sale!!! It truly warms our hearts to know how many people care for Dylan!!! He’s improving so much, please continue to keep him in your thoughts and prayers!! He’s doing great!! :o)  --Keri