Graduation Day

Mak graduated from college yesterday. He was awarded a B.A. in Classical Civilizations at a ceremony on the UC Berkeley campus that Joan, Dave, and Emma attended. When we told him at noon that we were leaving the hospital to go to his graduation, he gave us two thumbs up.

Yesterday was very much like the day before with a lot of purposeful movement and attempts at communication. Mak alternates between periods of restfulness and restlessness. We've been with him at the bedside so he doesn't have to be in arm restraints to keep him from pulling out the nasty tubes he has for feeding and other monitoring. He's responsive to some of our talking to him and tries to tell us / talk to us, but he's frustrated he can't make himself clearer or do more. He'd love to get out of that bed.

Amy, Allison, Dave, Leah, Lorna, and Uncle Jim were a great help yesterday keeping him company and helping him. Monday or Tuesday are the target days for him to transfer to Sacramento, largely depending on the progress of the digestive tract. There's a long way to go and it's a struggle right now, but from where he was a week ago, he's made some good progress. Please keep sending your good thoughts and I know he'll continue fighting.