Giant Progress

Currently due to his condition and being in TRACU, Connor is not accepting any visitors at this time.


As we end the 28th day of his stay at the hospital, Connor has had quite a day. He has been active all day getting to stand again to climb in and out of his chair on the way to his new recovery room.
He is now settled into a room 1/3 the size of the ICU room- must be a mental way to accelerate your recovery to get home.  

 The nursing staff is the same - awesome, only difference is the fact that he no longer has one-on-one care. Tonight Shan will be spending the night in his room to make certain someone is watching him. This will make us more comfortable with this latest change. This evening we made the mistake of thinking he was asleep and went to the lounge to eat dinner together.  He woke up and was alone and got scared.  We feel horrible and it cements our feelings that he is not ready to be alone yet.

 Dr Soldevilla, the neurosurgeon made a surprise visit to see connor today before he changed rooms and he was astounded at the progress he has made overnight. As a result, he is scheduling the surgery as soon as the piece is 3-D printed.  How's that for progress!

 We would like to ask local friends and family if you have an hour or two to spend with Connor?  We sure could use your assistance making sure he has someone with him at all times.  Dave and I can be there the majority of the time.  Just need a couple hours here and there.  If you have a couple hours you'd like to spend with Connor, please get in touch with me - text would be the best mode of communication. 360-984-4780

 That's all for the moment. He's sleeping peacefully. Good night!

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