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Hello!  Today was another awesome day.  They just keep getting better, too bad my second week is coming to a close already.

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Hello everybody!  Unfortunately we didn’t get many quality videos from today, so you just have to put up with seeing my face!  Hope you’re not too disappointed.  Hope you had a great day!

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Here is an update from today.

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Helloooooooooo! Today was my first day in the therapy pool, which was awesome!  Leslie, my Mom and Aunt Den all got to watch.  I’ll be in the pool again next Monday, Thursday, and Friday. 

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Sorry for the delay, I was a little tired and excited for Leslie’s arrival.  This was my Mom and Aunt Den’s first day at therapy.  It was another great day.  Here are video’s from Wednesday, day #4.

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Good evening!  Sorry but I’m not putting up a post tonight.  I do have good news though.  I had my doctor’s appointment with my Physician at Kennedy Krieger, Dr. Receico.  He did a follow-up with me and wanted to check on my progress, if there had been any.  Turns out, there was a lot!  Within the two months that I was last at Kennedy, I’ve regained a lot of sensation and feeling below my level of injury (C3-C4).  He was very pleased with what he saw and used the word “wow” quite a bit!  Actually, today I received some of the best news yet during my recovery.  I’ve been upgraded from Asia B to Asia C!  To those of you not familiar with what this means, please reference the following link – http://www.sci-info-pages.com/levels.html.  The Asia scale is towards the bottom of the page, which will explain what this progress means.  I’m super excited about it and it’s made my great week so far, even better!

Thanks again for all your prayers and good thoughts that you send my way!  They’re paying off.

Aaron

Videos from my third day at Kennedy Krieger! 

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Hello everybody!  I had another great day at Kennedy – here are some more videos.  I don’t think I’ll be doing a personalized message tonight, so sorry about that if you actually care! : )

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Below are links to various videos from my first day back at Kennedy Krieger.

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Greetings All,

Just wanted to say hi as Aaron & family make final preparations to head to Kennedy/Krieger for our 2 week stay. Diane & Aunt Den are here helping Aaron to pack while Gina & I pack foods & other necessities.
Aaron, Gina & I hope to be on the road by 3:30. We will be with Aaron for the first part of the stay. Diane and Aunt Den will be down mid-week through the weekend into next week and Gina & I will return for the end of the visit. Same schedule as last time only over 2 weeks instead of 1. Leslie will be down on Thursday night so that she can go with Aaron for rehab on Friday. The two of them are planning a trip to the Inner Harbor Aquarium on Saturday. We (Aaron, Diane, Gina & Woody) hope to do a better job of keeping you updated throughout the stay.
Please keep us all in prayer for safety during travel & physical, emotional, & spiritual strength.

Thank you all for caring so much about Aaron.

We love you. 🙂

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On Saturday, May 8th at the Middletown Church of God there will be an event that includes a chicken barbeque, a car wash, a flea market, a Corn Hole Tournament, and music by the band “Driving Vegas”. All of the proceeds will be going to Aaron’s Journey.

The car wash, food stand, and flea market will kick off at 9:00 a.m. The Chicken Barbeque and Corn Hole Tournament will start at 10:00 a.m. Registration for the tournament will be $10 for a team of two. Tickets for the chicken barbeque are $7, which includes 1/2 chicken, baked potato, and applesauce, and are on sale now by calling the church office at 944-9608 (corrected!). You can rent a flea market table for $15.00 or bring your donated items to the church and they will sell it for you with all of the proceeds going to Aaron’s Journey. The band will start playing at 11 a.m.

Baked good are needed to be sold at the event. Anyone wishing to donate baked goods can drop them off at the church starting at 8:00 am.

If you would like to donate items to be sold at the Flea Market, your donations may be dropped off at the church office on Wednesdays from 5:45 to 7:30 PM or Sundays from 8:00 AM to noon. Items may also be dropped off at the church office garage Monday through Friday, from 8:15 AM to 4:00 PM. (Please try to avoid lunch time, however, as there may be nobody there to assist you.)

Location: Middletown Church of God, 235 W High St, Middletown, PA
Contact: If you have any questions, please contact Jill Habig at 717-566-2646. To purchase a chicken barbeque ticket or a flea market table, please call the church at 717-944-9608.

Hello Everyone. I know we always say this but… sorry it’s been soooo long since we have given an update.

We went to Philadelphia today so Aaron could get an x-ray of his neck. He was having quite a bit of pain in his neck last week and his physician at Kennedy wanted his neurologist to check it out and confirm that he is able to participate in rehab in May. We got the results almost immediately today. His neck has healed nicely and his pain is not from loose hardware or any areas that might not have healed. Because the pain is intermittment (he can go weeks without pain), we believe that it is probably caused by certain positions or not changing position often enough. We will be keeping a close eye on that as Aaron seems a bit resistent to pain meds and can’t get much relief when it comes.

We are very excited about getting back to rehab at Kennedy Kreiger beginning May 3rd. Aaron will be there for 2 weeks and hopes to get in the pool this time. We have been stimming his muscles faithfully since his last visit to Kennedy and have high hopes that he will make even greater progress than his last visit. Since his last visit he has been able to move his thumbs, most of his fingers, turn his feet inward when lying down, and move his right knee inward when seated. These are all small movements and he can’t do it with 100% consistency yet, but they are assuredly intentional movement.

Aaron has to work long and hard to get a little gain, so please continue to pray for and encourage him. It really is important and means so much to all of us. 🙂

For the month of April, 15% of all Pampered Chef purchases made through Tasha Cochran will be donated to Aaron’s Journey. To make your purchases you can either contact Tasha or shop online (see details below). If you don’t need any Pampered Chef items for yourself but would still like to participate in this fundraiser, you may purchase items to be included in a raffle (stay tuned for more details on the raffle). If you purchase for the raffle online, please let Tasha know so that when it arrives she can add it to the raffle items. All of the commission that Tasha makes on these purchases will be used to purchase Pampered Chef “favorites” that will be added to the items to be raffled. All money and orders are due by April 30th, 2010.

To order online, go to www.pamperedchef.biz/tasha05. Select “Shop online” at the top of the website. Type “Aaron’s Journey” where it asks for Host/Organization.

For questions, catalogs, or to order directly from Tasha you can call her at 717-982-1685, or email her at tacochran5@yahoo.com.

Want to buy more, but the wallet says “Not Today”? Book a catalog show or home cooking show of your own to be held within the next 6 months and Aaron will get $10 for your booking and you will earn free and discounted product.

Here is some additional information on a few Pampered Chef specials:
Mother’s Day Specials
Free Microfiber Towel