Dustin went to visit Sam yesterday with Thor, Trystan and Destiny with plans to play Talisman (old D&D board game that he used to play as a kid). While there, Sam was able to move his thumbs! Several times ( Read more... )

So this past Wednesday (October 1) Sam had his halo removed! Soo very happy about that! I will be doing my final bit of RT training this upcoming Wednesday (taking Sam out of his room "portable" ~ which means Sam in his wheelchair with no extra trailing bits of equipment, everything will be stored on his chair). Once I am signed off on that, we ( Read more... )

(borrowed from dwights)

* Grab the nearest book.
* Open the book to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the next two to five sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

Stormed Fortress by Janny Wurts ( Read more... )

Yar har! I be off to a lively time o' debauchery and fillin' m'chest with booty!

(I'm off to work Banner War this weekend and it will hopefully not be the wet and muddy mess of last year.)

Been getting lots of requests for updates on how Sam is doing. So here ya go, with picture!

Sam is back under the care of the Pulmonary team, although he gets to stay in his room on the Rehab unit which is nice because he very much likes the nurses there. He has feeling all the way to his fingers on both hands as of a few days ago! Sam's gotten ( Read more... )

My darling boy has been on the Rehab Unit for 10 days now and is making so much progress and his spirits are so high, it's just amazing to witness ( Read more... )

Sam was moved out of the ICU on July 31 and has been in the primary care of the Respiratory team whose goal has been to stabilize him on the ventilator in preparation for moving to the Rehab unit ( Read more... )

So today was long...started out with Sam's bedside swallow study. It didn't happen yesterday because I was out of the room eating breakfast and showering when they came to do it and Sam wouldn't have any part of it if I wasn't there with him. So this morning, we set the bed up in the chair position so he could eat. He doesn't care for chocolate and ( Read more... )

Sam is becoming a sassypants again!! He's getting bored with watching movies and is wanting more visitors and more things to do! This is all good stuff!  He's feeling pain in places below his chin (since the 15th it has been sensation in his right shoulder during range of motion physical therapy) and having a lot of reflex/muscle twitch movement ( Read more... )

Sunday, July 6, Sam was transferred from Harborview to Children's Hospital. He was determined to be stable enough to be moved and the ambulance was available so after spending the morning getting all the paperwork together he was moved in the early afternoon. The staff at Children's has been absolutely fantastic for the most part, very ( Read more... )