Today was a good day. Troy had his eyes open pretty much all day again. Seeing him with his eyes open really feeds my hope that he'll continue to emerge from the coma soon!

The therapy sessions also went well. They showed me a few things to do with him during the day, but they also advised me not to give him too many commands or ask too much of him right now. So, I kept the commands simple. "Troy, can you squeeze my hand?" "Troy, can you kick your leg?" "Troy, can you follow this picture?" So far he's not following any of those commands like he should be, but that gives you an idea of the things they ask of him. On some of them, like the following a picture one, he does sometimes or might have a delayed reaction too, but that is to be expected and they reassure me that with time he will be doing everything they ask, on command.

I am learning so much. Tonight I pretty much got him ready for bed on my own. The tech was there to help me, of course, but I am getting more comfortable with handling him and more comfortable with his weight. They say he weighs 161 lbs...it feels more like 361! Phew! LOL.

God will bring Troy back to us on His time, so in the meantime I'm enjoying caring for him and watching him get better week by week. Troy has already come a long way since May 1st. He still has a very long road ahead, but there isn't anything God can't do and my faith remains unshaken. I continue to pray that God continues working His holy will and continues to give me endurance and strength to make it through the days, weeks, months we have ahead of us.