Heal Nick

It was a slow, uneventful week spent mostly avoiding the heat and humidity. Brutal! By the end of the week it had obviously sapped some of Nicholas’ energy. I will say he’s thinking very clearly these days. Saturday was the worst of the heat and humidity. Given the choice of spending time at and in a private pool or a few hours at an air conditioned movie theater, he chose the latter.

I will be away for about a week starting Wednesday. Therefore, there will be no Parent Posting on Sunday, July 27th.

Another first since the accident was accomplished today. Nicholas went sailing on a 48 foot yawl for 3 hours. The transfer from dock to boat was a little awkward. But give him a challenge and he’ll meet it. Once he settled in and we were underway with full sails, he was smiling like a Cheshire cat. We had a good breeze with somewhat of a sloppy sea running. Nicholas was very comfortable with the motion, just like old times. No problem. It has taken us quite some time to actually feel he had progressed sufficiently to sail not to mention the task of getting on and off a boat larger our 21 foot outboard. Now that he’s finally done it, we’re looking forward to more of the same. Go Nick!

Great July 4th weekend! Many of Nicholas’ old friends where “home” to celebrate. The party started here on Friday and ended Sunday evening at the Rhumb Line in Gloucester, listing to Shane Bediz & friends play some wonderful music. Thanks to everyone for spending time with Nicholas. I know you know how important this is to him. He hasn’t stopped smiling all weekend. More pictures posted on the Photo Gallery.