Waiting, healing

Will continues to show amazing recovery. This past week he reminded me of one of my nieces names -- I had forgotten. He also told me the first and last names of our upstairs neighbors without prompting. Will is more productive at home than he has ever been, organizing, building, fixing, studying, etc. It is very encouraging to see how far Will has come. However, I have to admit this week I feel like we are on mile 23 of a marathon, and exhaustion is threatening to overtake us. I ask how much more will be asked of Will and I. But I realize in this pursuit of healing and redemption there is not room to look back or ignore the road ahead. I only hope I can be strong, like Will has been and continues to be. It takes so much courage and faith to do what Will has done. To keep trying when everything seems to shout there is no way. I stand in awe of what my husband has been through. He is so gentle and willing to listen to the Lord in this time of uncertainty. He is a great man and I love him more everyday.

As for the rest of this week's updates, we are still waiting to hear from Ohio on when they want Will to do a rotation. He is also waiting to hear back from Eaglegate College on whether or not he will start teaching in the next few months there. Above you can see Will put a new door knob on our storage closet. The knob before did not lock. The other picture is Will and I in one his Grandpa's carriages.

Keep up your prayers. Thank you for your continued attention to the blog and Will's recovery. You all make such a difference in our lives.

More of Will's Genius

Will has been doing wonderfully. Above are pictures he took on a hike we went on this past week. The following posts are our past few weeks. I couldn't chose just a few photos so fasten your seat belts you're in for the life and stories of Will and Summer ;)

I'll start with the update. This past week a lot happened, Will started shadowing Dr. Milne, the internal medicine director, at U of U - she quizzes and teaches along the way. He continues to shadow a cardiologist. Will is probably going to do a night shift in Ohio soon to help doctors back there see where he is at. And lastly he has a job interview tomorrow at Eagle Gate college, if he gets the job he will be teaching students the elementary of medical terminology and pharmacology tech. Keep us in your prayers - we are closer, but we still have a long road to travel.

Will's latest project

The idea to start a new project every week came from the desire to help Will pay attention to detail. The results have been phenomenal. Will built me a shelf in our guest bedroom this past week and then painted it. All these projects were only dreams to me before Will came along - I am not really handy with tools. And for all of you who are all thinking, Summer is milking this "project" thing- all I have to say to you is "no way ;)"

My birthday

When I woke up the morning of my birthday and started setting up for breakfast. My husband brought me out a cake he made, and at that moment I knew that never in the history of mankind has a women ever been soo loved by a man. One that would bake and decorate a cake -- both skills that were self taught in the very hour of creation. Will makes me smile everyday. He is so thoughtful. Along with the cake he bought me a new iPhone and a watch.

The Hike

Ok I have to admit. I'm a sucker for my nieces and nephews. They are my everything, next to Will of course ;) So when two of my nephews left town for two weeks, I called up hours after they returned and asked them to hike with Will and I because I missed them so. Logan loved riding on Will's shoulders and drinking from his camel back, while Kobe was on a hunt for rattle snakes. It was sooo Cute!

The 4th of July Race

This pic is Will laughing at our new brother-in-law Tyler. Tyler was protesting me and my sister's habits of running 5k's on major holiday's, in this instance the 4th of July. Tyler hung a subway sandwich on a stick and dressed up in a tie and slacks. While runing the 5k people called to him saying "hey subway boy are you going to eat that?" He'd smile and keep his trot-- he came in at 29 minutes, Will was close behind. It was sooo fun.

Great news & Great progress

I've got a lot to post about and not a lot of time. It's almost past my bedtime. I'll start with the stuff that might not make sense to the untrained eye. Will did not have to be reminded to call his home teaching family this month. Routine he remembers, things he would write down he would sometimes remember, but the things I didn't mention would generally be forgotten. Well gone are the days of forgetting. He remembers non-routine task and preforms them without my bidding. For you readers this may seem insignificant. To me I want to do cart wheels and sing every time he surprises me with a new "on his own task." Ok I'll give you one more cool thing to me but again insignificant detail to the untrained eye. I was talking about someone in the news and Will turned to me and said "oh that Paul Cardall" guy? -- I almost fell over in my chair but decided not to because I was driving. Not only could Will remember a name he only read once, but it meant he had read or listened to the news that day. He is coming back to the real world. I have to admit I like the world of -just Will and I and family but I'm thinking those days are less and less. Will is studying more and interacting more than he ever has! (I'm sure we'll always be #1 in his life but the difference will be we won't be the only ones in his life in the future;)

OK now for the good news. A cardiologist, Dr. Burlew, at the University of Utah took Will on this last week. Will is "job shadowing" but more than that he is engaging in more resident like activities. Interacting with the patients and dialoguing with Dr. Burlew about them. This is exciting because Will has been considering specializing in cardiology once his internal medicine residency is done. This will be great experience to that end.

Last but not least. Life is good. Will and I spent Friday night camping in the rain with his little brother (who needed some merit badge points for his eagle scout). Will surprised me with the new iPhone for my birthday this past week. I have been walking around with a perma grin all week. Now I'm like all the other account managers at the advertising agency I work at. We have a few leads on jobs and are looking to engage with more doctors in job shadowing. Will continues to volunteer at globus relief and the Temple. He took the first of a two part occupational test-- which I'm sure he passed with flying colors because it was the physical functionality test. Next is the "stay up for 30 hours test" -- I know crazy. I'm sure he'll be fine though. He is pretty alert when he is awake. I don't see him doze off like the old days. OK this post is long enough. Enjoy the pictures above of Will and Nate setting up a shelter from the rain on our camping trip and of course the shelves Will built with very little instruction. I was at work and came home to new organization for our storage!!! Take care I'll blog again soon.

Summer