Keep a personal wellness journal on DailyStrength to track your health and communicate with friends. http://dailystrength.org/people/41091/journal Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:16:37 +0100 DailyStrength RSS 0.11.3.0.6833 (FeedCreator 1.7.2) http://dailystrength.org/images/comprofiler/avatar/41091/1213266207.jpg http://dailystrength.org/people/41091 http://dailystrength.org/people/41091/journal/1392307 Mike gets better every day !!!  He has picked up his bow again and is trying really hard to hold it properly.  He has talked more about playing his Violin again these past few weeks than he has since he was hurt.  He put his bow up to the violin the other day and he still dosen't ... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:20:27 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/41091/journal/1367198 Mike is doing great in his new legs. He stands now for 25 minutes and does the weebles wobble but they don't fall down thing. Well, ok, a couple of times he has fallen back into his chair, but for the most part, he stands there and works. Many times he is sweaty by the time I si... Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:41:29 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/41091/journal/1321489 Mike caught up to where he was before going back to rehab this past summer.  Then he started to climb the ladder again on his progress.We started the Hyperbaric Chamber again.  He just started again this last week.  Medicad is paying for it now but the only set back to that is where ... Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:08:51 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/41091/journal/1200454 Mike came home on Friday.  His speech is way better and so is short term memory.  Not as improved as speech, but better.We wont have him there again.  In some ways he is better, the same or worse than when he went there.He is really tired so we are letting him catch up on some sleep b... Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:45:36 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/41091/journal/1165581 Mike is doing really well.  He has been at St Lukes now for a little over two weeks now.Life has settled and they are doing what they are supposed to be doing.His speech has improved tremendousley.  I was with him yesterday during speech therapy and WOW!!!!  I am so happy for him. ... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:08:08 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/41091/journal/1150550 Mike went back to St Luke's in Spokane Washington on the 17th.  I was there for the first two days and now I go every other day and my husband goes the other days when he can.Mike is doing really well in his therapies.  His speech therapist is incredible.  She was his main one las... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:27:12 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/41091/journal/1120965     Mike has done incredibly well since he ended the hyperbaric chamber.    His transfers are now about 10% me and 90% him.  Even getting into the car !!!!    His speech has improved also.  The other day we were talking and for about 3 words, it... Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:38:22 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/41091/journal/1079872 Mike mowed the yard today.  Kinda scary at first.  I was able to get him on the mower and then he threw that right arm back like he was going to ride it like a bull.  My husband got him on the mower for me after that.  We practiced for a little while and then turned on the blades... Mon, 26 May 2008 23:12:25 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/41091/journal/1076572 Yesterday was our last day of this round in the Hyperbaric Chamber.Mike has improved tremendousley.His balance is better, he can (with help) get himself into the car now.  He can also get himself moving better to the right.His body streangth is incredible and he out of the blue yesterday starte... Sun, 25 May 2008 10:32:29 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/41091/journal/1041602 I have been reading a book called -- A New Earth by Eckert Tolle.Mike asked me today if it is a good book and what it is about.  I told him it is a spiritual book and talks about how to live for the now and not live in the past or the future.I told Mike that that is what he is doing right now.... Sat, 10 May 2008 01:03:22 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/41091/journal/1010817 It has been 13 months now since Mike got hurt.  His recovery has been incredible and I am so proud of him.  He is getting some balance when he stands.  His speech is getting so good that it is pretty rare that I have to interpret for him.  His humor is still with him and he didn... Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:54:36 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/41091/journal/129901 Michael was moved out of ICU yesterday afternoon. He seems much happier having all the wires off of him. The Dr's are talking about taking the trach out in the next week or so. I have to go and look at nursing homes this next week. I am considering bringing him home if I can't find one that my h... Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:30:10 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/41091/journal/122540 Yesterday Mike had the MRI. This morning we got some good news. The official radiology report is not ready, but his surgeon talked to us and said that the MRI shows that the damage is not as bad as thought. The damage is not good, but not terrible. He is waking up and starting to track. He is a... Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:46:10 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/41091/journal/119911 On the night of March 31st, 2007, my very precious son and his girlfriend had a collision with a yearling moose. The kids were fine until someone driving a full size Chevy hauling a loaded trailer full of furniture slammed into his car and launched them over the moose. The kids ended up about 250 ... Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:15:54 +0100