"Young people can be in charge."

David slept through the night last night. That is the first time since his accident that he has been able to do that. However, he is in a lot of pain from his broken teeth. His upper molars have been sheared off to the root and so the nerve is exposed causing him to not want to eat or talk as much. We are hoping that he can see a dentist as soon as possible when he gets home to Phoenix so that he won't be in so much pain. David is getting steadier on his feet everyday. He doesn't look like he is going to fall over every time he gets up to walk. While David is in the hospital in Canada, not much is happening with him in the way of therapy. So Mom tries to take him on little "excursions" in a wheelchair around the hospital. They go all around the hospital and to the waiting room. Mom even took him outside for a bit of fresh air and she said that David just loved it. After having been in the hospital almost 2 weeks now, it is not hard to understand how excited he must have been. Some more of David's old habits are coming back. David always cracked his own neck before the accident. Now he does it out of habit, but sometimes it seems like he doesn't realize how far he is actually pushing his neck to make it pop. So Mom asked him to stop doing that so he doesn't hurt his neck. And in his monotone voice he just says, "OK, Mom!" Mom says that for the most part David has been very agreeable to everything. Mom has been feeding him extra-healthy foods all the time. However, David had a bit of a stubborn streak going today. As Mom was helping him to eat his vegetables, he saw some pudding that was sitting on the tray with the hospital food. He tells Mom, "No more vegetables. I want pudding." Mom said, "OK, but 5 more bites of your vegetables." Then David says to Mom, "I want to be in charge. Young people can be in charge. It's good for young people to be in charge. I think Chase should be in charge of me while I'm sick." Mom explained that parents need to be in charge of their children and Chase could be his friend. "OK," says David. That was the end of his little temper tantrum. Mom said it was so cute and asked me to share that story with you. Sometimes it seems that David gets his mind set on one thing for a while. A few days ago, it was the phone and he kept trying to call everyone. The other day, it was ice skating. I heard that they had done that on one of the last days of the choir trip. So David thought that he should be able to go ice skating. For the most part he is very talkative and agreeable. The nurses just love him! They are glad to see that David did not come out of this with an angry disposition. David's eyes are opening wider all of the time. For a while his left one didn't open, but now it is open wider than the right one. He is also smiling for the pictures that Mom is taking of him now. It isn't quite a normal smile and he doesn't look quite like David when he does smile, but nonetheless, he is smiling. When he sleeps, he looks just like David. Well, that is the latest update on David. Oh, I almost forgot...David will be in Phoenix, by dinnertime tomorrow!!!!!!!!!! As I have stated before, visitors will be restricted as it could hinder David's progress. As he continues to show signs of improvement and after the doctors here have told Mom and Dad that it is ok for visitors, then we will let you know. Until then, continue to pray for his recovery and please be patient. We are all anxious to see him.