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The Memory of the the Heart
“Gratitude is the memory of the heart.” Jean Baptiste Massieu Every Friday is significant for us. If nothing else, its a way of keeping track of time. Today marks week 39…just 3 days short of 9 months. I finally stopped by the Fire Station with the kids. This is something I’ve been meaning to do for…
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Starting Again
Side note to our subscribers: we have had some internet problems at the house for the last few days, and so it seems my last post from a remote location (Panera Bread: Free Internet for ALL!) may not have been sent to our faithful blog subscriber’s emails. If you missed the last post, you might want…
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Fresh Horses
I need to clarify something I said in a previous post. When I mentioned the most of a TBI recovery takes place in the first year, this is based on what physicians have told me. That doesn’t mean he will not continue to recover after one year is up. If we are to think of recovery…
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The Theory of Everything
“There should be no boundaries to human endeavor. We are all different. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there’s life, there is hope.” Stephen Hawking Thanks to Abraham Lincoln (and his mother) for having a birthday that eventually became a holiday, which Maki and I…
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Rounding the Bend
Though Vernon returned to the Care Home with a few extra PT challenges and some eyebrow-raising bedsores, he is still in one piece. And today I could see that he has turned the bend mentally once again. Whereas he couldn’t remember my name all week, even coming up with such stabs in the dark yesterday…
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Mr. Blue Sky
As of tonight, Vernon has been sent back to Mesa Verde. This round took a lot out of him and he still hasn’t returned to the Vernon of two weeks ago. I have been hearing stories of other brilliant men (without Brain injury) who were thrown off mentally for months because a UTI got the…
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“The Swallow Study” or “More Weird Things I Never Knew Existed”
Vernon is still in the hospital, though I was told he would be transferred to a less acute unit sometime today. When they are sure things are stable, he will return to Mesa Verde, either tomorrow or Wednesday. This particular infection and the treatment to eliminate it has truly worn him out. A week in, and he…
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Angels Among Us
“Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you.” Saint Francis de Sales We are 6 days into our Hoag Hospital Tour. The latest is that Vernon will be sent back (after Dialysis) sometime Monday afternoon. I wish his recovery was going more quickly here, but then, I don’t know what to expect,…
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Smiling Faces
Midnight tonight will mark NIGHT 3 of our hospital stay. Will our medical pumpkin turn into a stagecoach? So strange to get exactly what you wish for. Someone said earlier to me today at the hospital: “With God, nothing is wasted.” Take that how you understand it, as I know not everyone reading this has…
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The Return
When I arrived this morning, Vernon still hadn’t opened his eyes for anyone, but his blood pressure was stable and the signs of recovery were good. He is on a much stronger antibiotic than before in order to kill off the infection this time. Let’s hope its the last one for awhile….or ever! The…