Happy Birthday, David!!!

For David's birthday, the doctors gave David a great birthday present. They allowed him to go home for the first time since this whole ordeal started. David arrived home about 10:00 this morning and went straight for the living room couch. It was about his normal nap time and the drive wore him out. He slept for a while and then woke up to visit with his grandmother for a while. He ate lunch and then friends and family started coming over in the afternoon. He had many visitors and David loved seeing them all. His room was decorated at the hospital with balloons from friends and family and the house was decorated with even more birthday balloons. He will have lots of birthday wishes to read on the walls for the next few days. Although David loved seeing so many of his friends and family members, he quickly tired. He learned for himself that even though he wanted to go home so badly, he is not quite ready to be home on a permanent basis. He knows that he still needs more therapy and the best place for him to be right now is at the hospital. He will be allowed to go home on the weekends for a few hours, but then will return at night to sleep at the hospital. His therapists are working really hard with him to able to build up his endurance so that he can be able to go to college in the fall. We know that David can do it! He will need lots of love, support and encouragement to make it through this part of the healing phase from all of his friends and family!