Category Archives: Updates

Just a quick note – Chris’s birthday is tomorrow, Wednesday, December 15th!  We’ll probably have some cake and all that caper at some point in the afternoon, but any of y’all are welcome to stop by whenever is convenient – … Continue reading →

As you know, we had to move Chris into a skilled nursing facility. Chris is currently in a facility in North Austin. Not the best of situations given Chris’s age and needs but it is only temporary as we work … Continue reading →

From the Giles family to all of you, we are so blessed with family and friends and particularly people we have never met before that have come to Christopher’s aid in this forum. Your thoughts and prayers mean everything to … Continue reading →

To borrow from Stevie Nicks, “Just like the white-winged dove, singing songs sounds like she’s singing, … Ooh baby, ooh baby.” See you for who you are, you are our baby. If the purity of the soul could be measured by the goal, … Continue reading →

Sorry folks for taking so long to post an update.  We’re settled in at the nursing home, which is about 1/2 a mile from my apartment complex – walking distance! We’ve had a few of the usual hiccups with nursing … Continue reading →

Ok, looks like Chris is being moved to the nursing home at 2pm today. And thanks to the folks at Texas NeuroRehab, UnitedHealth has declined to pay for this skilled nursing care (Texas NeuroRehab changed Chris’s prognosis from “making slow … Continue reading →

Ok, it now looks like Chris will be headed to a place that’s within walking distance from my apartment complex in north Austin. Still a few more details to work out…  I’ll post another update when we know for sure.  … Continue reading →

Around this time one year ago, Chris and I were singing Texas Fight, with our pal Dan Waldrep, up in the rafters at Kyle Field, in College Station, Texas. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgXlkXtRjcQ We’re still at Texas Neuro somehow, due to difficulties finding … Continue reading →

Texas Neuro Rehab, the facility we’re currently at, wants us out of here. Case manager Kate Miffitt called me in Alabama during my two-weeks at home, on the 8th of October, to tell me that, “I don’t have anything to tell … Continue reading →

“The System” of health care in the United States is a corporate-driven architecture of “for profit” activities in support of American greed and the profit motive. Period. Contrary to what you may hear in the news these days, particularly now … Continue reading →