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28 August 2021 Here is a link to an article in the JNS. https://www.jns.org/wounded-idf-soldier-makes-strides-at-sheba-brain-rehab-unit/

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

Nathaniel is focusing more than ever. He is letting us know his likes, dislikes, desires, and more. He is still having issues with...

Nathaniel continues to progress. He had a setback a few weeks ago, though. He had his first seizure ever (except for just after the...

Nathaniel’s personality is coming through more and more. One of his friends says that he was always a quiet guy who listened to...

Nathaniel understands more and more and is able to respond faster. He had a substitute physical therapist for one session. She didn’t...

Yesterday was Nathaniel's Hebrew birthday (כ"ג אייר). The day before, he went to his yeshiva for the first time since corona. It was...

Here is a blog I wrote for Yom Hazikaron (Israel Memorial Day) https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/yom-hazikaron-is-a-hard-day-for-me/

In music therapy, Nathaniel is starting to learn to play the keyboard. The music teacher is teaching him to play the first notes of...

Nathaniel is starting to learn how to play the keyboard (Roz, the teacher, is amazing). So far he is working on lifting one finger before...

My first blog was even featured. https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/hiking-with-intention-how-i-learned-to-refocus-and-keep-going/

Happy Purim! Nathaniel has started to vocalize on his own. It's very hard for him to coordinate breathing, opening his mouth, and passing...

Nathaniel is such a gentleman. His friends came over to visit. There was a chocolate bar on the table nearby. He stretched and rearranged...

More and more of Nathaniel’s personality is coming through. We were joking around one day and he smiled at the jokes without us having to...

In occupational therapy Nathaniel is learning how to put on tefillin. He is really motivated to be more proficient at it. Since the...

Nathaniel finally did it! He threw a ball. Until this time, he just moved his arm in a throwing motion, but then handed the ball to us....

Thank God Nathaniel tested negative twice by 5 October, three weeks after being dieagnosed, and is corona free. This means that he is...

Nathaniel is showing more of his personality. He was even coming out of his shell before he tested positive for corona. As part of...

He's had a really rough time with corona. We decided to take him to his apartment, which had been empty and was awaiting renovations,...