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<\/a><\/p>\nSan Antonio My folks are staying at an apartment complex near RIOSA.\u00a0 My apartment in Austin – our base of operations from the end of November until now – feels lonely without my folks and the dogs staying here.\u00a0 It also feels strange that I can’t just walk over to the nursing home and see Chris.<\/p>\n We were able to do some neat things with Chris here in Austin since I last posted an update:\u00a0 a visit to Taco Deli, our favorite weekend taco place.\u00a0 A MetroAccess trip to Flying Saucer, our favorite pub.\u00a0 Our first visit with a neurologist since we were booted out of the last rehab hospital…\u00a0 this trip to the doctor was to relieve some of Chris’s muscle tone with Botox, and to have another EEG performed (the EEG results were better than those from September – the dominant frequency of one half of Chris’s brain is closer to normal).<\/p>\n Back to San Antonio:\u00a0 My folks seem very pleased with RIOSA so far, and it’s good to be in the hospital setting again with a neurologist on staff to keep a closer eye on the brain injury.\u00a0 Chris had a CT scan just this morning, for example!<\/p>\n Hmmm…\u00a0 I suppose as we start the next chapter, I’d like to say thanks to the many dedicated people – nurses, aides and admin folks alike – at Gracy Woods II Nursing Center here in Austin that helped us take care of Chris.\u00a0 I’d like to thank the therapists at HealthSouth in Austin, for trying new things with Chris (e-stim everywhere!).\u00a0 And another thank you to the MetroAccess drivers, for that tremendous sense of freedom you gave me (“I can take my brother somewhere beyond walking distance from the home?\u00a0 Sweet!!!”).<\/p>\n Thank you.<\/p>\n This time one year ago, during SXSW, Chris and I were enjoying a few beers and the great weather at Gingerman.\u00a0 A band named “Jupiter One” was playing.\u00a0 One of their tunes, “Countdown”, starts off:<\/p>\n “And so it begins…”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Another long overdue update, and some great news to report!\u00a0 The important news first:\u00a0 Chris is back in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital setting, at HealthSouth RIOSA in San Antonio!\u00a0 The departure from Gracy Woods Nursing Center here in Austin was … Continue reading <\/a> brings back some really difficult memories and tears for us all.\u00a0 It’s hard to drive down Babcock Road again, and realize you’re not headed to Chris’s old apartment.\u00a0 Or driving past that Jim’s restaurant on Loop 410 at McCullough.\u00a0 Flying Saucer on Huebner.\u00a0 University Hospital and Billing Concepts always looming in the distance.\u00a0 Why did this happen?\u00a0 CHRIS!!!<\/p>\n