1. My dad had his stroke February 7th. It a monthiversery, I guess. Two days late but the nineth (in the morning) is when my father had his brain surgery so there are many things happening. Many moments I am re-living right now.
2. My father used to know sign language “back in the day.” He has since lost it, but my whole life he has signed the alphabet. You may think this isn’t a big thing but it’s huge. The first day he went into the hospital me and his friend were trying to figure out what he wanted. I had an epiphany. SIGN IT! He signed (and later wrote) “P-U-L-L.” I have been thinking about ASL for his language for a while. The only word I could think of that requires one hand and would be helpful was I-LOVE-YOU. It’s in the picture above you. There is another sing for “I love you” but it requires two hands and it is also the sign for hug. I liked showing him this sign because if you know the ASL alphabet it’s very easy to remember. All you have to remember is I-L-Y. The day I taught him he didn’t actually do it. In his defense it was a little late and he was very tired. Yesterday I found out from a nurse that he kept doing that but she didn’t know what that meant. It was a fun thing to know he remembered it.
3. Also he snapped his fingers yesterday. That’s something he has been doing too. I find it really kind of awesome. To me, it feels like he does that because he wants to try to get as much going in his brain as possible.
4. There are more updates from a medical stand point that I will post soon but I wanted to remember the good things.

They decided it was bettr. To do a CAT scan instead of a MRI. The doctors didn’t do until 7 today. My Brother and I didnt get to the hospital til about 8:30 we come in and his bed is gone. They did find tooth abseses whether that is the cause or not of his fever is still in question. I am glad my brother decided to have them do the scan. The doctors told us they didn’t think it was the cause of the fever but that a scan wouldn’t cause any harm to him.