Marc loves everybody...

Monday- Labor Day-

Marc had a really good day today. He was asleep when Becky got to the hospital at about 9:30am and continued to sleep until noon. Grammie and Grandpa Stetson had come down as had Mom and myself. Jackie was also there. Finally, they got him up and took him to get a bath. We were finally able to start our visits by 1:30pm. His friends Justin Kennedy, Katrina, and Rachel had come so we let them go in to see him first. After their visits, Jackie went in. A little while later, we look out the waiting room window and there was Marc, sitting in a wheelchair, with a smile on his face and waving to everyone. It was nice to see him out of his room again. We brought him into the waiting room and talked to him for a little while. He was sitting up much better than he was yesterday. He was actually holding his head up and looking around very well.He is also talking a little better today, although, after talking a lot, his voice gets quieter and mumbly. He saw Jackie's sandwich on the table and asked if it was a sandwich. We told him yes and of course he wanted to eat it. It was so hard to say no to him with his little puppydog eyes. He is so hungry, as he has not been allowed to eat "real food" for 15 days. He wanted to write so we got him a pen and some paper. He proceeded to write, I love you sister (to me), I love you mom, I love you Mel (Melinda had shown up by then), I love you friends, and then I love you Matt Filiault (Matt wasn't there because he's feeling sick and we had told Marc that). He also wrote that he would like to eat some food. The hardest part of the whole visit was that he kept asking me if he could go home to Pomfret to get better. He probably asked me about five times. I kept having to tell him that we couldn't take him home yet. He started to get really tired and so I convinced him to go lay down in his bed so he would be strong when Dad got there. As soon as I got him back into bed he closed his eyes and was asleep. He slept for another 3 hours! It's so good that he is getting rest. So, for now, he continues to get better and better. When the nurses tell him he's not strong enough to do something, he proceeds to do it. I told the nurse he was stubborn and he repeated me. I told him he got that from his Aunt Ruthie and he said yeah. I just can't wait for the day we get to walk him out of the hospital and take him home!

Thank you everyone for all of your prayers and support. Our family is so grateful for everything that everyone has done for us and continues to do for us. Thank you all.

~Amanda~