So a lot has happened over the last 1-2 weeks. As everyone already may know, Josh did get himself a new pair of glasses! YAY! .. he wasn't really tracking or focusing at all before. But when we put the glasses on him, he started looking around, following the nurses, and noticing everything around him! Which is a very good sign! :) Yesterday afternoon, they took the normal trake (that he had in his throat) out and put a speaking valve in so he can start making sounds and hopefully start talking again. Just yesterday, he actually smiled at me! It wasn't just a grin or a smirk but a nice 'pretty' smile! lol .. Josh has certainly been through a lot but we are all very proud of him for the progress he has been making!
I believe that everything does happen for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of luck. Whether it's illness, love, lost moments of true greatness and sheer stupidity all occur to test limits of your soul and heart. This thing that happened with Josh, is heartbreaking and devastating but in the end, it will all work out for the better. Like my mom always says, it's the 'power of positive thinking.' No one knows of why 'bad' things happen to people that we love. But if you believe, have faith, and pray, things will happen for the good!