It has been a long journey, but Julie's short term memory is really starting to improve. Every day at therapy there is  lot of repetition of names, and dates, and facts from the past couple of years, such as who is her therapist, what day is it, where she goes to school, and things like that. For a long time, these every day things we take for ( Read more... )

It has been quite awhile since my last post. Julie continues to make progress in all her therapies, as well as continuing to be the happy person she was before her accident. Today, being Sunday she has Nicky's company over at her house, and I think they come back to my house to carve jack o'lanterns ( Read more... )

I spent a lot of time with Julie yesterday, and just had a nice time. I picked her up before lunch, and took her to Panera. Back in high school she and Allie used to go there quite often and yesterday she wanted her standard fare there, broccoli and cheddar soup. She enjoyed it, and the place was quite busy making for some good people watching ( Read more... )

I had said yesterday that I wouldn't post too often now, but here I am today with a post. I went with Julie to her outpatient therapy sessions at St. Jude Rehab in Brea, and it was great ( Read more... )

Julie and I spent a few hours together today. We rode on the ferry to Balboa Island, and smelt the salt air. She went with me while I ran some errands, and then she came to my house for lunch, a work out and a nap ( Read more... )

Julie's birthday is on the 15th, so send her a birthday card if you can. I am sure she would love to read a bunch of cards ( Read more... )

Julie has started a new chapter in her lfie, as she left the hosptial today and went home. She has lots of work to do still, but she will be sleeping under her own roof, with her family around her. On Monday she will be driven to Brea and the Brain Injury Outpatient therapy that St. Jude offers. It is  just a couple of hours a day, and the hope is ( Read more... )

Julie has been hospitalized since February 19. Tomorrow she will go home and start a new chapter in her rehabilitation. She should start rehab at St. Jude's outpatient brain injury rehab on Monday, if everything comes together like planned ( Read more... )

I can't believe Julie will be going home in two short days. It seems like she has been at St. Jude forever, and still time has passed so quickly. When I look back at my journal and see how far she has progressed it is remarkable. A few months ago she was not even moving her right hand at all, and now she uses it as her primary hand again. Today we ( Read more... )

I spent just a couple of hours with Julie this morning, and I won't see her tomorrow, as she is having a home visit again. It is too much for her to absorb both being home and visitors at the same time, so I will give her some space ( Read more... )