Update on Hyrum

Hyrum continues to amaze us with his recovery.  We were given some restrictions when we left the hospital.  Mostly things to help prevent him from hitting/injuring his head.  Things like no bike or scooter riding, no jumping, running, or climbing, basically don't be a 7 year old boy. :-) We were also told to just watch him and see how his does overall.  He may be a little more emotional; we may find that he has a few things that he's slower on; he may get really tired easily.  Besides being a little more clingy, he has had no symptoms/signs/issues. 

On Monday he went back to school for the first time.  Again, I was prepared to watch for signs of tiredness, not being fully up to speed with the other kids, etc.  And again, no problems.  I went to school halfway through the day to check on him and when he saw me in the hallway he smiled then kept walking toward the cafeteria for lunch.  I had to holler at him to come back.  He was back at school, feeling good, and going full speed.  He teacher said he was acting just like the old Hyrum.

The one area at the hospital that they felt he struggled on his cognitive test was when she asked him to name as many animals as he could in a minute.  He was pretty slow about it.  So we were told to put a restriction on timed tests and let him build his way back into them slowly.  Yesterday in class they did 50 in a minute. (This is a math worksheet with 50 problems and the kids are supposed to answer as many as they can in a minute)  This is optional for Hyrum to do, but his teacher told me he insisted he wanted to do it.  He only missed 4 problems!  When I heard this I again felt a wave of gratitude for the mercy we were given in having Hyrum taken care of so well.  He comes home from school happy and excited, which is typical for the Hyrum we know and love so much.

We also continue to hear stories of events that unfolded surrounding Hyrum's accident that we didn't know about.  People that were touched by our story or were involved in ways that we were unaware.  We continue to feel so blessed by the love of our friends, neighbors, and even strangers.  We have no related family in the area, but we definitely feel the love of family.  We have been so uplifted by all the love and support.  Thank you so much!