Guardian Angel

New bat time! new bat place! Wednesday morning, 7:30 am -- Wiley, the neurosurgeon, and the bone flap will all converge in the operating room, and Wiley's skull will be reunited and made whole. At least that's the current plan, assuming the upcoming CT scan supports it. It is AMAZING what happens in surgery these days. Wy is pretty excited about the surgery -- mostly because he is ready to move on to the next thing, and that's the step that has to happen first. It's supposed to be a fairly "routine" surgery, as much as any surgery, much less neurosurgery can be.

Meanwhile, Wiley is spending his time doing occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy (oddly, speech therapy is written homework of all sorts, and talking to the speech therapist about what's being asked of him, and why), reading, eating meals, playing guitar, and playing a mean game of cards. And sleeping. Oh, yes, that.

And he got to get reacquainted with his bass guitar yesterday. But he's still playing the acoustic guitar, too. As I hear it, yesterday Wiley entertained his family by playing and singing "Your Guardian Angel" by the The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, a favorite from earlier this summer. Cousin Tyler joined in the singing. Wiley says his right hand is slower than it was, but otherwise is pretty able.

I'd say he learned that song at just the right time....