Heal Nick

A great week at Cape Cod is drawing to an end. As I’m working with dial-up access, I’m begging off a complete posting with photos until tomorrow evening.

We’re at our house on Cape Cod enjoying a complete change. Nothing scheduled for at least a week. Just soaking up the sun on the beach, getting out in the boat and enjoying conversations. Occasionally Nicholas does a little PT along with more walking than usual. He’s very much at home here and at ease, which in itself is good therapy for him.

Nicholas’ week was all about a wedding. His siter Kristin was married on Saturday in a beautiful ceremony and Nicholas was her ringbearer. Take a look at the Photo Gallery and the album entitle Ringbearer for Kristin and Mike.

One of the primary reasons Nicholas is doing as well as he is can be attributed to a great support team of therapists and trainers. One of these is Rob Gagnon of the Manchester Athletic Club. Rob has created his own website/blog. On August 4th one of his entries is entitled “Why I do what I do". It’s about his relationship with Nicholas and can be found at:

http://web.me.com/robgags/Robs_Blogsite/Robs_Blogsite/Entries/2008/8/4_
Why_I_do_what_I_do……html

I encourage all of you to read it, especially the part about 34 minutes on the treadmill.

I returned after a 10 day trip to find Nicholas tanned and in great spirits. He obviously must have spent some quality time by a pool on or the beach. Although his short term memory is still lacking, he’s become a pretty good conversationalist and it was fun to catch up with him. We, Nicholas included, are looking forward to the marriage of his sister, Kristin, in 2 weeks, followed by a break in the routine with some r & r time on Cape Cod.