YAY BRIAN!!!!!

So we are super pumped today!!!!
Last night was the best night and Brian was at his best!!!

For the first time in 4 weeks, we saw Brian -- the real Brian, the old Brian -- and it was exactly what we needed.

Greg and I went to visit him after work last night, and when I first walked in he was lying on his side watching TV, wide awake. So I went over to him and started to talk to him and he was answering all my questions. And when I told him I loved him, he mouthed back "I love you"!!!! HOW WONDERFUL IS THAT!!!!

I asked him if he wanted me to teach him a little sign language and he nodded so I taught him how to sign "yes" and "no". And he copied me and then used them properly....He said that he was hurting and I asked him where...so we went through each part that I thought my be bothering him and he signed no to everything except his head. So his head was hurting.

I asked him if he knew how he ended up in the hospital and he shook his head no so I told him. It seems like he remembers hanging out with Lee and Robbie that night but he doesn't remember the accident.

Well, Greg was just so happy to see his friend back...so he talked to him about work and what's be going on since Brian has been gone. And then we showed him all the pictures of him and Livi and Jessica. He wanted to hold each one - he actually dropped one and then picked it back up (that has to be a good sign!!). And then he wanted Greg to scratch his nose for him and afer he did, he put his hand out to shake Greg's hand. Who knows how long his nose had been itching!!!!

And he wanted to hold the foosball so Greg gave him that and told him about the foosball tournaments and raising money for him.

And then - typical Brian -- he wanted the remote control!!! :)

We put on some of his music (Sublime) and he enjoyed that...so we were there for about an hour and he was visiting with us the entire time.

The great thing is that the nurse said he was up at 6, still up at noon for a visit with Phil; we were there from 6-7 and then Jessica was there until almost 10. So he was awake all day!!

After yesterday, there is no doubt that Brian is coming back to us. He's excited about moving in with Jessica and Livi and he can't wait to see his brother Danny next week. (We could tell by his reaction that Jessica, Livi and Danny are 3 very special people to him -- but we already knew that!) He actually made us move his favorite picture of him and Livi closer to him so that he could look at it. And he sat there looking at that picture for the longest time....what a Daddy!

I hope that I have captured everything that happened last night...After so many nights of watching Brian sleep, to actually talk to him was an absolute blessing.

Unfortunately, sometimes you don't realize how special people are to you until you almost lose them. Thank God we all get another chance to tell Brian how much we love him and need him here.

Way to go Brian -- we are so very proud of you.
Keep fighting.
We're with you all the way!!

Thanks to all for your continued prayers -- God is working with Brian and bringing him back to us.

PS - I will post an update from Jessica later today. She has quite a few stories to share from last night too! :)