Colin relayed something to me this morning that I find very “exciting,” though I shouldn’t use that word, as you will soon realize . . .

He said he was watching a Superbowl from the past last night, actually the third time he had watched it. Why? Because, he points out, thanks to all the drugs, his short term memory is temporarily disturbed —so he doesn’t remember watching them. Result? Each one is new, each time!

Okay, this particular Superbowl is a very famous one, between the Atlanta Falcons and the New England Patriots (remember, he spent most of his life in the Boston area). It was the end of the third quarter and the Patriots were down 23 to 8. And then, in the fourth quarter they pulled out in front and won! It was the largest come-from-behind that the Superbowl has ever had.

Now, for Colin, it’s always exciting (cue the word above), very exciting, that fourth quarter . . . and the excitement, of course, revs up his nerve pain tremendously. So what he does is switch back and forth between the exciting game and something that calms him. Like Kenny of all Trades (see youtube), the adventures of a truck camper who lives in Minnesota. So he did that last night, switching back and forth.

They didn’t bring him his meds at the usual hour (new nurse), so he was up until 11 pm, which he appreciated because it meant that rather than falling asleep at 8 PM, and waking up for endless hours without coffee at 2 AM, he slept through until 6 AM. So this inadvertent mistake helped adjust his sleep schedule back to somewhat normal.

So, after the game was over, he once again, pulled out his pad and pencil and continued drawing out his latest invention. (Please realize that, given that he’s drawing in bed, the quality and precision aren’t up to his usual standards.)

Then, when he woke up at 6 AM, he pulled out his pad and pencil and did the same thing. BTW: he’s very good at drawing in 3D; something he taught himself to do. Which means he does not need CAD. Very unusual in that way. (His brother Sean was drawing in 3D as a child, but over the years gradually returned to “normal.”)

At this point in his tale he reminded me on how the games he loves excites his nerves, as does the larynx movement when he talks, etc. So that his only recourse has been to try to rest, i.e., do nothing, or fall asleep.

Today he noticed that both last night and this morning, when he was drawing, his nerves were completely calm. That creative expression is the key! Or, as I put it, when his mental/emotional/spiritual focus is total, and aimed in a certain direction. Or as I’d add now, when he allows/invites his corporeal self to function as a channel for divine energy.

Whew! What a discovery!

Oh, and BTW: notice the synchronicity between his watching his home team come out ahead from behind and his own journey over these nearly six months that resulted in the discovery! He has turned into our come back kid.

At some point today, he asked me, “When I come home, besides my inventions, how can I be productive?” I told him to just concentrate on his creativity, that this is his gift to the world.

Yesterday, they didn’t get him in the chair until just before dinner, so he elected to stay in the chair over the dinner hour, and ended up there for three hours, before being hoyered back into bed. His legs were at 45° for that entire time, and it was no big deal. Just a week or two ago, 3 hours at 45° would have been a big deal, ramped up nerve pain — but all the bicycling, and knee folding exercises in bed are already showing results.