I'm going to return to Memory Lane in my next blog. For this blog, I really want to talk about the present. Javy has been off of seizure meds since August and he has been more aware of everything. Yesterday, he had a really, really good day!

We decided to drive to the other side of the island to see if it was still there. (Yeah, it is.) Javy was so attentive during the drive over there, and it's a pretty long drive, maybe two hours or so. He was totally engaged in everything that we did.

Also, a lady approached us and introduced herself to us. She has a son about a year older than Javy, who is wheelchair bound. She is an amazing person, she fought to have her son stay at his local school, which is next door to their house. They tried to tell her that he needed to go to another school that was better equipped to deal with special education. She managed to fight them and save face. After all, as she put it, it wouldn't do her son any good to alienate everyone. I think this is someone that we need in our life, because she has a true talent.

Here's a video that my mom managed to capture of Javy. In it, he is trying to open the door of the car (don't worry, child-safety locks are enabled.) And then he is dancing to the music being played on the radio. He wouldn't have done this a couple of months ago.