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Welcome to the Bob Blog.  "Bob" is Sam's alter ego.  Before Sam was born, Ben decided his name should be Bob.  (We should have known better than to ask, right?) And it stuck.   As Sam gets better and better, Ben calls him "Bob" a little less.  We think when Sam wakes up, "Bob" will disappear completely as far as Ben is concerned.  As for the rest of us, well, Bob's a hard habit to break...

I'll try and keep everybody updated on Sam's progress, my thoughts, our daily ups and downs.  It's tough sometimes, and I don't do as well as I'd like. 

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July 1, 2008

Do you see what I see?
I think Sam can see better. 
 
I really do. 
 
I am Sam's worst critic when it comes to his vision - I hate to think he's tracking with his eyes or focusing and then decide later I was mistaken.  Heart-breaking.  So I ALWAYS try to talk myself out of it - I don't know why. 
 
But last night I was cleaning the gucky stuff out of Sam's eyes - his allergies are bothering him terribly.  When I got the Q-tip about 2 inches away from his eye, he shut his eye and turned his head away - JUST LIKE ANY KID WOULD DO!  He has never done that before. 
 
He was also watching tv the other day; I came in from dropping Ben off, and I thought "I SWEAR he's watching that cartoon; I'm sure of it".  And then my mother told me that she had tried to move him away from the tv, and he screamed and yelled. 
 
So there we go - other moms have told me that vision was the first thing to return when doing hyperbaric oxygen treatment. 
 
Imagine what a difference his vision would make.  He could make choices, he could read, he could learn more.  He could engage - it would mean everything. 
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