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September
Well, we don’t know what the next step is going to be yet. I hope it is TIRR in Houston, but I’m not sure how soon that will happen. In any case, we need to be moved out of the … Continue reading
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TIRR
A brief update: with the new wheelchair van, we were able to take Chris to see the folks at Memorial Hermann’s TIRR (“The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research”) in Houston today for an evaluation. That’s about a three hour drive … Continue reading
Wheels!
This has been in the works for quite a few months now, but we finally have some wheels to transport Chris!!! This is tremendously important: today, for example, Chris missed all therapy sessions because RIOSA’s contracted transport company forgot to … Continue reading
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Chapter 5
Well here we are, I suppose “Chapter 5” of this very long and painful story. Having Chris at the apartment near RIOSA has been challenging for sure, and mostly for my mom who isn’t able to escape back to work … Continue reading
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Apartment
We transferred Chris over to my folks’ nearby apartment at around 2pm this afternoon. We have a rented nursing home-style bed and a patient lift to transfer Chris in and out of the bed. Not sure how we’re going to … Continue reading
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Discharge
Just a quick update – looks like we’ll be wheeling Chris over to the apartment in San Antonio on Saturday morning. Hopefully the hospital bed and patient lift will be in place tomorrow (Friday).
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Molly
Our family beagle, Molly, died in her sleep early this morning. She was Christopher’s dog – he wanted a beagle for his birthday back in 1995. Chris and I had talked about it – before the motorcycle accident – and … Continue reading
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Discharge²
Some more unfortunate news, but Chris is being discharged from RIOSA next week. I was hoping he’d get into the second phase of this program, but many circumstances have again conspired against us. Not sure where we’re going next right … Continue reading
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RIOSA²
Just a quick update: my dad is still at RIOSA, different hallway from Chris. He’s making slow but steady progress. His hands still curl a bit when relaxed, but he can get them completely flat with a little effort now. … Continue reading
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One Year – Part II
A quick update on my father’s surgery (cervical discectomy and fusion) this evening. They started around 19:00 CDT, finished two hours or so later, and he’s in anesthesia recovery now waiting to transfer to the ICU (no free rooms in … Continue reading
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