Kev had a great week and was able to come home Saturday afternoon. On Monday OT/PT had him exercising in bed. On Tuesday they used a hoist (think engine puller) to transfer him from his bed to a wheelchair. By Wednesday he was using a slideboard for the transfers and when the Drs. had their eval later that day they were impressed enough with his progress that they agreed to Kev’s request to come home as soon as possible, targeting the following Sunday or Monday. On Thursday and Friday I had to participate in the training – learning to use a slide board for transfers to/from bed and the car. On Friday OT had him taking a shower with the help of a special shower stool and Kev was pushing for a Saturday release. With the good reports from OT & PT the Dr. agreed Saturday morning to a release later that day :-)
Kev had a couple of his college (CU) buddies in town – Phil Girard & Ken Leiden. They helped us get Kev moved from the hospital back home and cooked up dinner Saturday night. We had a great time relaxing at home and playing cards. Kelden wiped out everyone in 5-card-draw, and then Ken taught us a new game – liar’s poker.
The ramp worked GREAT! It was an easy transfer from the car to the house for Kevin. Laura also informed me this week that not only had the guys at work donated their time and efforts but they also donated all the $$ to fund the project!! You guys are awesome! Thank you so much – it is greatly appreciated! If everything continues to go well with Kevin we are planning on having a 4th of July party - you may have noticed when you were here that we having a great view for watching the Kemah fireworks show. We hope you all can make it - we'd love to thank you all in person.
Kev had a couple of his college (CU) buddies in town – Phil Girard & Ken Leiden. They helped us get Kev moved from the hospital back home and cooked up dinner Saturday night. We had a great time relaxing at home and playing cards. Kelden wiped out everyone in 5-card-draw, and then Ken taught us a new game – liar’s poker.
The ramp worked GREAT! It was an easy transfer from the car to the house for Kevin. Laura also informed me this week that not only had the guys at work donated their time and efforts but they also donated all the $$ to fund the project!! You guys are awesome! Thank you so much – it is greatly appreciated! If everything continues to go well with Kevin we are planning on having a 4th of July party - you may have noticed when you were here that we having a great view for watching the Kemah fireworks show. We hope you all can make it - we'd love to thank you all in person.
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Awesome! The ramp has now been stress-tested, under real life conditions, and passed with flying colors! I am so glad to know you are home Kevin and you look M-a-r-velous in the action photo!
I have been meaning to pass on AJ's suggestion that you consider going commercial with your free range egg farm. Once again, although airport security raised a few eyebrows and asked about the "eggs" in my bag, they agreed "eggs" are not prohibitted by the TSA carry-on baggage restrictions so they allowed the eggs on the flight with me! Should you decide to "commercialize", we will sign on to be regualr customers. AJ (and I) believe your eggs are superior to any we can purchase so this may be a good home business! Some food for thought...love, Michelle
Glad to hear you made it home Kevin. Nice work. Keep it up so we can come enjoy another great fireworks show. We really enjoyed that last year.
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