Deja Vu

My son loves the Farming Game, a simulation board game created by a farmer from Washington. When we recently played it, several players kept getting Farmers Fate cards that sent them back to the 2nd week of January to replay a part of the game. We'll, this week I feel like we drew one of those Farmers Fate card and have been transported back about 18 years to about the 6th week after Laurent's accident and brain injury. On Wednesday January 4th Laurent went to the doctor to follow up on a cough and ended up being transported by ambulance to the Intermountain Medical Center. His heart was in afib and he was experiencing speech and cognitive issues. By nightfall two attempts to shock his heart back in to normal rhythm failed and they started medication. They kept him overnight for a consultation with a neurologist in the morning. Today his heart is more normal and they've run several tests to try to locate the source of the speech and cognitive deficits. An MRI ruled out a stroke of new damage to the brain. Blood tests ruled out pneumonia. Next they are going to check for seizure activity. Right now we have more questions than answers as to why he appears to have lost the ground he gained in speech over this last decade. It's a déjà-vu I had hoped to never experience again. Gratefully we are once again feeling the love and support of family, friends, neighbors, and church family who have been caring for our family the last 36 hours. I will let you know as we find out more information. For now, I wanted to share a quick video with you. As you know, music was a a critical part of Laurent's healing the first time around. We've already seen its influence the 2nd time around. Last night he was agitated until we found some music and he calmed right down and went to sleep. Today I brought in a music player. When the track came on of him singing "There is a Balm in Gilead " he began to sing along. How grateful I was to hear him sing again! It may not be his full voice, but that incredibly important gift is still there. We may not know what all lies ahead in his road, but you can bet that music will continue to play an important part.