My apologies for the long delay in updating the blog - work has been interfering with my life lately, unfortunately. It also means I haven't had a chance to see Scott lately so I am curious to hear from the many others who have visited him recently - feel free to email me your comments to post or post updates in the comments.
Scott is still in the post-acute care (skilled nursing facility) in San Leandro and what I gather from Jen is that the day to day has been pretty routine down there. He has physical therapy every morning around 11 am and then usually speech therapy sometime after that. Scott has continued to make progress - he is vocalizing much more, eating more solid foods (still the hamburgers and shakes and not interested in much else) and he is working hard in physical therapy too. At this point he has taken some steps while assisted by the therapists.
Last week he was touching the side of his head where he has had surgery and asked Jen, "What happened?" So, there is definitely some indication that he is becoming aware of the accident. Jen has said that he also seems to be a little frustrated these days -- it could be that he wants to communicate more but feels unable. Who knows? But it definitely seems like a good sign that his brain is working hard to put all the puzzle pieces back together.
He has had many visitors over the last few weeks and even a puppy dog (which apparently you can bring if you have all updated vaccination records to show.) This was his second canine visitor and again he responded really well to the dog being there and seemed very happy to see him. Scott's friend Chris has also been here from out of town and visited with him daily.
The daily commute is no doubt exhausting for Jen but for now it seems that Scott will remain in San Leandro for the near future. He has to be able to feed himself (no more feeding tube) and be able to follow commands regularly before they will transfer him to the specialize TBI rehab facility so, that is the goal he is working towards at this point.
Keep it up Scott. This all sounds like great progress. Thanks Penny for the update.
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Thanks Penny, love you guys. Scott you are in our thoughts everyday. Stay strong Jennifer and tell Scott we said "What Happened?" (from "Best in Show") we use to say that at band practice a lot. He may recognize it. Doggie visits are great. Call or text me anytime Jen. Love you.
ReplyDeletewow cool ! 2 weeks after my brain injury/skull surgery i asked my visiting me in the hospital friend WHAT HAPPENED? ...i knew but didnt . its the most unusual feeling in the world to be missing part of your skull! it been 13 years for me and i still touch the one area with missing bone and think OUCH what the heck happened here? the brain is a miraculous machine! good to hear he's doing well, its all part of the waking up and coming to. much love jen and scott . prayers go up
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ReplyDeletemore good progress! very very good :)
ReplyDeletea couple weeks ago, Jen shared some news. She was playing one of my podcasts on the boombox, show #7. While listening, scott asked "is this # 7?" His memory is working!
ReplyDeleteGlad hi is progressing. Go Scott!
ReplyDeleteSuch good news. Love you Scott!
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