waiting
the news from Guy's mother, my
idol:
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER 20, 2006 08:43
AM, CST
Guy had
another good night, and with some brief semi-awake times. I thought an episode
of The Simpsons might get through the fog in a way all our I-love-yous could
not, so at 7:00 p.m., I turned on the T.V. and put the speaker gizmo next to
Guy. Sure enough, he opened his eyes and looked one by one at the three faces
focused breathlessly on him. When he closed his eyes again, I asked him whether
he was having a good rest, and he gave a barely perceptible nod and then got
back to the business of resting. We were all so happy. Around 4:00 this morning,
something woke me, and I looked over to see Guy sitting up in bed with his eyes
open. I went and sat next to him and put my cheek against his. He rubbed his
head against mine very sweetly. I called Jerry to join us, and the three of us
sat for a moment that way. I asked Guy if he wanted to go back to sleep, and
just like that, he crawled back under the covers and comfortably drifted
off.
Katie brought Guy
his Christmas present yesterday, and what a spectacular gift it was: an enormous
replica of the set of PeeWee's Playhouse from 1988, still in its original
package. Along with the playhouse, she had procured 12 of the action figures
designed to go with it - PeeWee, Globey, Magic Screen, Cowboy Curtis, Chairy,
even the rare and coveted Miss Yvonne, the most beautiful woman in Puppetland!.
It took Katie four months (and I shudder to think how much of her hard-earned
QFC wages) to track down and secure all these treasures on eBay. Guy would have
been over the moon. We can't bring ourselves to break the sacred bonds of the
original packaging of the playhouse, but we've ranged the figures along the
windowsill for all to admire.
Posted: Wednesday - December 20, 2006 at 12:45 PM