A little piece of heaven

I have more photos from our trip:

These are the photos that I took while we were in Dominican Republic for Nathan’s 2nd stem cell treatment. The hotel was all inclusive with lots of entertainment and activities and we had such a wonderful time.

Something finally shifted for me. After getting close to a nervous breakdown I realized that I have to take care of myself, slow things down, and remember what’s important – which ultimately, is Nathan’s happiness.

During our time in DR I really worked on relaxing (I know I know what a contradiction), I worked on remember what’s important to me, I worked on remembering who I am, who I have always been.

And the most important realization I’ve had is that no matter what happens I have everything I need. I worry and stress out about all the things I believe Nathan needs but ultimately he has everything he needs and so do I – people who love him, health, happiness.

So things have been a lot more enjoyable in our neck of the woods these days.

Since we got back, I’ve been trying to continue with a slower pace, trying to relax and enjoy Nathan more, and realizing that things will be as they will be.

I remembered that ultimately I can’t change anything, that all I can do is my best and then let go and have faith. I’d forgotten what it felt like to drop the delusion of control and just having faith, knowing that I have no ability to change things, that all I can do is have faith.

So that’s how things are going for us. We’re getting ready to go to Montreal next weekend for ABR. We are excited to get away and hang out together all day – the 3 Musketeers. We have a lot of fun together.

So far I am happy with the results we’ve seen after this last stem cell treatment.

His muscle tone has relaxed. He has more range of motion in his hips and his feet aren’t as tight all the time as before. His hands are more open and relaxed and he seems to have more control over them. His head seems stronger and today he held it up while in reclining motion (I’ll take a picture tommorrow). He is making more sounds and seems to be trying so hard to get words out. He is laughing more over lots of things…for example, he laughed when one of the cars in CARS said “Holy smokes!” – he threw his head back and started laughing.

We’re hoping to see more changes – particularly more of that head control!

We just returned from stem cell therapy in Dominican Republic.

I think pictures speak louder than words.

The “watching like a hawk” begins as we wait for miracles to start!