Connor's Road to Recovery

Dear Friends and Family,
Connor has had an absolutely amazing week and we can't help but pause, one short week after his accident, to thank our Heavenly Father for his great mercy in healing our son and to thank all of you for your many prayers and thoughtful acts of kindness. Almost as soon as Connor came home, he was eating and sleeping normally, without any kind of medication. He even looks all but normal now (right??!!) He is still under doctor's orders to avoid all "activity", but has seen his days fly by happily as friends, coaches and cousins have sent cards and e-mails and have stopped by to visit, joke, play games, build puzzles and share lots of yummy food. (Can you believe his 7th grade friends made lasagna and blueberry pie?!) He was able to walk around the neighborhood for the first time yesterday and even made quick visits to the baseball Astros, the Bruins wrestlers, the Navy Junior Seals and his grandparents this week which really lifted his spirits. We couldn't believe how lucky we were to have him sitting beside us in church today, remembering that just last week we were still in the PICU at Hopkins. So moving forward from here... Connor is looking forward to having the staples removed from his incision this week, getting a new haircut, boning up on some more baseball trivia, continuing to whoop his brothers, neighbors and friends at wii Big Brain Academy and finishing the 1,000 piece puzzle he's working on. Thanks and thanks again from the bottom of our hearts for all you have done to fill our home with love and our hearts with gratitude throughout this experience.
Fondly,
Peter, Amber and Connor
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"We can only be said to be alive in those moments
when our hearts are conscious of their treasures."
Thornton Wilder