Tobias' Recovery

 It’s been a few weeks since I posted and Tobias has made more progress in that time than in any three week period since August.  It’s been a relief to see him pick up the pace of his recovery.  He’s been on a steady rise since January, but each week lately he’s been showcasing material improvements rather than the  incremental changes that had to be documented to be noticed.  He is awake and alert most of the day during my weekend visits.  He gets tired quickly and has periods of sleepiness and inattentiveness.  His attention span/engagement endurance is also still very limited.  He’ll start some promising activity and then stop mid motion like an electric motor when the plug is pulled out.  He’s often able to pick back up right where he left off, but we have to directly engage him again and verbally ask him to continue.  Strange.  For the most part, however, he is awake and can be engaged.  He can communicate and has shown us that our son Tobias is still with us.  It's been a gre