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24 August 2022

Nathaniel is vocalizing more and more, even without the help of the therapists. He still hasn’t learned to make different sounds by...

29 July 2022

The biggest news is that, working together, the physical therapist (by pushing on his belly) and speech therapist (by showing him how to...

1 July 2022

A friend who hadn’t seen Nathaniel for a long time came to visit. He had not known Nathaniel before he was injured, but spent a lot of...

08 June 2022

Nathaniel is developing a discerning palate. It’s a great improvement but brings challenges. He cannot communicate about what he wants...

10 May 2022

On Yom Hashoah, just before the siren, the caregiver asked Nathaniel to choose a psalm to read just before and to think about during the...

14 April 2022: Happy Passover

Take your pick: Happy Passover, Happy Easter, Happy Ramadan Nathaniel has issues with spasticity which causes his right leg to sometimes...

25 March 2022

In speech therapy, Nathaniel was sitting in the office chair (not the wheelchair). The therapist told me that he kept trying to move his...

25 February 2022

Nathaniel went to a wedding a bit ago. Everyone noticed how he was looking straight ahead (after the eye surgery). Not only that, but he...

9 February 2022

Nathaniel returned to hydrotherapy last night after a break due to his eye surgery and positive COVID tests (B"H asymptomatic). He loved...

20 January 2022

The eye surgery really improved Nathaniel’s quality of life, and in more ways than just vision. On the evening after the surgery, Adina...

30 December 2021--Strabismus surgery

Nathaniel’s eyes are not aligned. We don’t know what he sees or how he sees, but we know it is limited. His left eye works better, but it...

3 December 2021

Nathaniel seems more aware. We put a new doorbell button on the side of Nathaniel's bed so that he could call the caregivers if he needs...

1 December 2021

This photo is from today's Yisrael Hayom newspaper. Some of Nathaniel's army officers, friends, and rabbi came to light Hanukkah candles...

12 November 2021

Nathaniel is progressing very well with swallowing. In fact, we are trying to get him used to eating/swallowing three times per day...

24 October 2021

Nathaniel had another swallowing test last week. Until now he's only been allowed/able to eat a few teaspoons of pudding or applesauce....

2 October 2021

Nathaniel's personality is showing more and more. He is actually smiling at jokes and can sometimes make a sound like a laugh. Swallowing...

15 September 2021, Erev Yom Kippur

Earlier this week, I came to Nathaniel's place. He was in the middle of a private speech therapy session. He saw me , smiled, and...

20 August 2021

Nathaniel is remembering more and more and is becoming more dexterous. In fact, he has been working for months on playing the beginning...

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