The Race Continues

Please forgive me for the lapse in the blog updates.  I have been busy, my sister came to visit and support me, I've had technical difficulties which my child Dev finally talked me through over the phone, and last night I left my power cord in Jay's room and my computer hibernated!

I am touched and honored that so many of you care about Jay and want to know how he's doing. His triumph in overcoming these challenges gives all of us hope that we too could make it to the finish line if faced with the race of our lives as Jay has been. Our dear friend Dr. Garren reminds me that "this is a marathon." This is the game and the race of Jay's life. We're all cheering for him, but it's his race to finish and his game to win. 

 I'm thrilled to report that he's back on track. Jay is finally winning the war over the dreaded closteridium difficile, the hospital acquired stomach bacteria. He's not 100%, but he's back. Now that he's not nauseated and can eat again, his diet has been upgraded and he's eating full meals. 2 weeks ago he was begging for Sprite, and now he's eating lasagna, cake, and key lime pie, and he's making up for lost time by drinking 2 Sprites with each meal! 

It's an amazing experience to be part of this therapeutic community. The patients in rehab are recovering from strokes, trauma, traumatic brain injuries, amputations, surgeries, and debilitating illnesses. There are 3 young men who have sustained snowboarding/ski injuries. (Broken legs are one thing, spinal chord injuries are another...) Dr. Edgley has called Jay the  superstar of rehab, but we are very blessed that his challenge/stroke is one that has such a good recovery potential. He's working hard on his left sided deficits, and makes the comment that "this is harder than it looks." 

What a blessing that Jay is now enjoying the "simple" pleasures of life; eating, walking, reading, watching tv. It really is true that "you don't know what you've got 'till it's gone." A reminder to all of us..............