Oh, No! Summer is over!

Charb was lucky this summer meeting with family!
In July and August, there came Uncles & Aunts from France, Detroit, Vancouver and Calgary! Adults and kids- kids specially!- hung around Charb for long hours, talking, laughing, kissing, arm wrestling, challenging, drawing (reproducing Charb's drawings from before the accident!)...
And Charb had an "awsome" time, "exciting" and "splendid" moments with family.... He was talking more. He was laughing more. He was a lot more alert!
He did not want to leave "home above the store" to go to his apartement across the parking lot!
He did not want to go to sleep eventhough it was way past his bed time! " I am enjoying myself with my family!"
In short, it was the best rehab time Charb had since the accident, since he started to come back awakening last November 2006...

Adventually, Charb went back to his apartement, his Uncles and Aunts and their families went back to their homes all over the world, and a more routinely life took shape!...

But another surprise was waiting to happen! On September the 8th, Norma's Aunt, Juliette, and her two daughters, Bassi and Daad, came to visit from LA. Charb had met them in LA when he was 5yrs old... We do not remember a lot from the age of 5, do we? Neverthless, it was an instant succes!
Charb was all smiles, laughs and talks! Bassi was his favourite... and he managed to get a lot of kisses!
As all watched the daily exercises we do with Charb, encouraging him, exorting him, Charb started to do more than ever done before, giving it a 100% effort! In the 10 days of their visit, we saw improvement in his speecH ( using more and more Arabic words!), in his posture while sitting him up on the edge of the massage table, in keeping his head up longer and straighter, and in his general attitude: more talkative, interactive and happy!... To every one who asked " What are you doing, Charb?" he answered clearly: "Enjoying my family!"

The family was enjoying him too! Long hours daily around him in the apartement, in the store or in the garden , or long walks around ( like the one to Haward dill's home!)... Still even longer hours of prayers and "tahaleel" asking the LORD for a complete miracle!

Charb seemed to profit to a high degree from all that attention, care and love! Please look at some pics I posted and notice the improvement in all areas...
The Terry Fox Run was another exciting moment with friends from KES! (Photo album).
Also I promise another update for the workout and daily exercices involving Ellen and AJ... A bientot!